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Replacement of corn by sorghum and phytase supplementation in silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) diets: growth performance, physiological variables and bone mineralization

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Pages 142-150 | Received 11 Feb 2019, Accepted 14 Feb 2020, Published online: 10 Apr 2020

Figures & data

Table 1. Percentage composition of diets with substitution of corn for sorghum, supplemented with phytase enzyme for silver catfish juveniles raised in net-tanks.

Figure 1. Medial intestine wall of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen coloured in (HE) 40x objective lens, measured: (a) villi height; (b) villi width; (c) tunic thickness.

Figure 1. Medial intestine wall of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen coloured in (HE) 40x objective lens, measured: (a) villi height; (b) villi width; (c) tunic thickness.

Table 2. Productive performance and somatic indexes of silver catfish fed with diets that replace corn for sorghum, supplemented or not with phytase enzyme.

Table 3. Plasma biochemical composition of silver catfish fed with diets where corn was substituted for sorghum, supplemented or not with phytase enzyme.

Table 4. Mean of absolute hematimetric indices of silver catfish fed with diets that substituted corn for sorghum, supplemented with phytase enzyme.

Table 5. Distribution of total leukocytes and differential of silver catfish fed with diets that substituted corn for sorghum, supplemented with phytase enzyme.

Table 6. Histomorphometry of intestine of silver catfish fed with diets that substituted corn for sorghum, supplemented or not with phytase enzyme.

Table 7. Proximate composition of carcass of silver catfish fed with diets that substituted corn for sorghum, supplemented or not with phytase enzyme.

Table 8. Bone mineral composition of silver catfish fed with diets that substituted corn for sorghum, supplemented or not with phytase enzyme.

Figure 2. Intestinal villi of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen fed with: (a, b and c) diets 0, 50 and 100% without phytase; (d, e and f) diets 0, 50 and 100% with phytase. Presence of goblet cells (letter ‘a' with indicative arrow).

Figure 2. Intestinal villi of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen fed with: (a, b and c) diets 0, 50 and 100% without phytase; (d, e and f) diets 0, 50 and 100% with phytase. Presence of goblet cells (letter ‘a' with indicative arrow).