Dietary sodium citrate improved oxidative stability in red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) but reduced growth, health status, intestinal short chain fatty acids and induced liver damage

• Main Authors: Romano, Nicholas Paul, Simon, Watson, Ebrahimi, Mahdi, Fadel, Abdalbast H. I., Chong, Chou Min, Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43277/1/Dietary%20sodium%20citrate%20improved%20oxidative%20stability%20in%20red%20hybrid%20tilapia%20%28Oreochromis%20sp.%29%20but%20reduced%20growth%2C%20health%20status%2C%20intestinal%20short%20chain%20fatty%20acids%20and%20induced%20liver%20damage.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43277/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044848616301235

Among organic acids, citric acid and their salts are currently the most studied as a supplement in aquafeeds to potentially improve growth and nutrient utilization in fish. The results have been generally beneficial but no studies have been performed on tilapia. A 50 day experiment was conducted on...