Comparative quality assessment of wild and cultured nile tilapia (tilapia niloticus) stored at 4°c. [electronic resource].

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Sixty Nile (Tilapia nilotica)fish of about 200 250 gm [30 wild and 30 aquacultured] were collected alive and transported directly to the laboratory surrounded by ice bags in an ice box. Organolyptic, bacteriological and chemical examination to estimate the freshness rating and the quality parametrs were carried out directly after fish arrival to the laboratory and periodically during chilling storage at 4°C. The mean (± St. Error) Demerit scores of wild and aquacultured (Tilapia niloticus ) fish were 0.0 ± 0.0 and 0.0 ± 0.0 at zero time and increased gradually during the storage time till it reaches 16.8 ±1.37 and 18.2 ±lA1 respectively at the end of the storage period.

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