Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
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Flesh Yield, Waste Yield, Proximate and Mineral Composition of Four Commercial West African Freshwater Food Fishes
Oyedapo Adewale Fagbenro , Mosunmola Olajire Akinbulumo , Oluwayemisi Eunice Adeparusi and Ameenat Abiodun Raji
Page: 848-851 | Received 21 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022
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Abstract
Four west African freshwater food fishes namely Clarias gariepinus, Heterobranchus bidorsalis, Gymnarchus niloticus and Malapterurus electricus, were analysed for their flesh yield, waste yield, proximate and mineral composition, with a view to obtain their utilization potentials. Proximate composition revealed their crude protein, crude lipid and ash as 66.66, 18.7 and 6.39% in C. gariepinus; 69.30, 19.67 and 5.96% in H. bidorsalis; 66.66, 18.74 and6.39% in G. niloticus; 66.66, 18.74 and 6.39% in M. electricus, respectively. The total flesh obtainable ranged from 70.57 to 81.62% in C. gariepinus; 75.34% to 84.23% in H. bidorsalis; 70.57 to 81.62% in G. niloticus; and 70.57 to 81.62% in M. electricus. Waste yield was 29.43% in C. gariepinus, 24.67% in H. bidorsalis, 29.43% in G. niloticus, and 24.67% in M. electricus. The sizes of the four fish species did not significantly affect the proximate composition of their flesh.
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Oyedapo Adewale Fagbenro , Mosunmola Olajire Akinbulumo , Oluwayemisi Eunice Adeparusi and Ameenat Abiodun Raji . Flesh Yield, Waste Yield, Proximate and Mineral Composition of Four Commercial West African Freshwater Food Fishes.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/javaa.2005.848.851
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