Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)

Red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the famous fish cultures in the aquaculture industry, especially in Malaysia. The appearance of redness makes the fish more attractive for customers to buy. Therefore, to achieve quality products it is necessary to research how to improve the color q...

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Main Authors: H. Amiruddin, M., Norhalis, M. F., Sumarwati, Sri, Rashid, Y. Norma
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Published: 2021
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author H. Amiruddin, M.
Norhalis, M. F.
Sumarwati, Sri
Rashid, Y. Norma
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Norhalis, M. F.
Sumarwati, Sri
Rashid, Y. Norma
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description Red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the famous fish cultures in the aquaculture industry, especially in Malaysia. The appearance of redness makes the fish more attractive for customers to buy. Therefore, to achieve quality products it is necessary to research how to improve the color quality of tilapia as desired by customers. The purpose of this study was to identify the dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia. This study is an experimental quantitative study. Red tilapia was obtained from Freshwater Hatchery, University Malaysia Terengganu. A descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data in this study. This study shows that red paprika has an effect on the length and weight of red tilapia, where the highest length and weight gained (1.79 cm and 12.37 g) given red paprika 2% and the lowest length and weight gained (0.63 cm and 2.5 g) which given 4% red paprika. Only 2% of red paprika treatment showed different growth performance. The crude protein, lipid, and moisture composition of tilapia were also higher at 2% red paprika treatment. Meanwhile, the highest composition of ash is feed with 4% red paprika content. The result of this research showed that the caudal and dorsal either muscle or fin showed the highest color at the fish which fed with 8% red paprika. It could also improve the coloration of the red tilapia. Future studies suggest the use of Dunaliella salina microalgae which is one of the richest sources of carotenoids.
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spelling uthm-11912021-10-17T08:14:11Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1191/ Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus) H. Amiruddin, M. Norhalis, M. F. Sumarwati, Sri Rashid, Y. Norma Q Science (General) Red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the famous fish cultures in the aquaculture industry, especially in Malaysia. The appearance of redness makes the fish more attractive for customers to buy. Therefore, to achieve quality products it is necessary to research how to improve the color quality of tilapia as desired by customers. The purpose of this study was to identify the dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia. This study is an experimental quantitative study. Red tilapia was obtained from Freshwater Hatchery, University Malaysia Terengganu. A descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data in this study. This study shows that red paprika has an effect on the length and weight of red tilapia, where the highest length and weight gained (1.79 cm and 12.37 g) given red paprika 2% and the lowest length and weight gained (0.63 cm and 2.5 g) which given 4% red paprika. Only 2% of red paprika treatment showed different growth performance. The crude protein, lipid, and moisture composition of tilapia were also higher at 2% red paprika treatment. Meanwhile, the highest composition of ash is feed with 4% red paprika content. The result of this research showed that the caudal and dorsal either muscle or fin showed the highest color at the fish which fed with 8% red paprika. It could also improve the coloration of the red tilapia. Future studies suggest the use of Dunaliella salina microalgae which is one of the richest sources of carotenoids. 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1191/1/J11985_79bc4eff42520973cf6b8bd6640fd8dc.pdf H. Amiruddin, M. and Norhalis, M. F. and Sumarwati, Sri and Rashid, Y. Norma (2021) Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus). Journal of Aquaculture and Fish Health, 10 (1). pp. 25-33. https://doi.org/10.20473/jafh.v10i1.18397
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
H. Amiruddin, M.
Norhalis, M. F.
Sumarwati, Sri
Rashid, Y. Norma
Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
title Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
title_full Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
title_fullStr Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
title_full_unstemmed Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
title_short Dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
title_sort dietary effect of red paprika used to enhance the coloration of red tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
topic Q Science (General)
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