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fish fed D1, however, increased the inclusion of moringa leaves meal decreased the cholesterol. It has been reported
that Moringa leaves and pods also have a positive effect in reducing blood cholesterol (Ghasi et al., 2000), while the
lowest value (52.4) of triglycerides was observed with fish fed D4. Favier et al. (1997) stated that the reduction in
blood cholesterol level after consuming plant protein diets may be related to the binding or trapping of bile salts in
the gut due to a relatively high viscosity. These results are in accordance with (Hossain et al., 2001; Siddhuraju and
Becker, 2001). No histopathological effect of moringa leaves meal supplemented diets on fish body tissues (liver,
gonads and intestine) (Figure 2; Figure 3; and Figure 4). Normal structure of fish tissues among all treatments.
These results proved that the inclusion of moringa leaves in the diets did not affect the fish tissues and had no
harmful effect on it.
4 Conclusion
It can be concluded that moringa leaves powder can be used as feed additive in the formulated diets for Nile tilapia,
Oreochromis niloticus
with improving the performance without cause any adverse effect. More studies are
recommended to investigate the high levels effects of moringa leaves supplemented diets on fish performance.
5 Acknowledgments
The financial support provided by the Minufiya University College of Agriculture, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt, for our fish research
laboratory is greatly acknowledged.
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