Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Oster Francis Nwachi

Publications

• Research Article
  Nutritive Potentials of Pawpaw (Carica Papaya) Seed Meal as Additive on the Haematological Profile of Catfish Fingerlings
  
  Author(s): Paterson Adogbeji Ekokotu, Arnold Ebuka Irabor, Oster Francis Nwachi and Aminu Abubakar Garuba Paterson Adogbeji Ekokotu, Arnold Ebuka Irabor, Oster Francis Nwachi and Aminu Abubakar Garuba
  
  The aim of this research was to investigate the haematological profile of catfish C. gariepinus fingerlings, fed with varying of diets levels (0 g/kg, 20 g/kg, 40 g/kg, 60 g/kg and 80 g/kg) for 6 weeks. The findings revealed significant (P<0.05) differences in Packed Cell Volume (PCV), hemoglobin (Hb), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) and Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) and the Red Blood Count (RBCs). Fish fed diet 2 possessed a higher PCV, MCHC and Hb compared to those fed diet 1 that was least in PCV and Hb, while diet 5 had the least in MCHC. The MCV and MCH were higher in fish fed diet 4 and diet 3 respectively, compared to samples fed diet 1 which was least. Inclusively, there was a momentous increase in leukocytes count (WBCs) in samples given varying levels of pawpaw seed powder meal (P<0.05) which was not noticed .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7110.1000763

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