Effect of Adding Soybean and Safflower Seed Meals on the Fatty Acids Content of Diets and Meats Diets of Cyprinus carpio L.Fish

Abstract

This study was carried out in fish Laboratory/Department of Animal Production/Agricultural College to study the effect of soybean and safflower seed meals as combination nutrition in fatty acids contents of diets and meat of Cyprinus carpio L fish. Four treatments were designed with three replicates for each group and 7 fish for each replicate. Treatments included soybean meal+safflower meal as percentages which were 30+0, 20+10, 15+15 and 10+20 respectively. The results of diets fatty acids showed significant increases p<0.05 in saturated fatty acid (SFA) T4 (13.74%) which was Palmitic acid (C:16), while the monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) was significantly high p<0.05 in T1 which was Oleic acid (C18:1n-9) 52.12%, polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) showed significant increase p<0.05 in T3.The content of fatty acids in fish meat showed significant increase p<0.05 in saturated fatty acid (SFA) in T4 (28.3%) which was Palmitic acid. The (MUFA) showed significant increase p<0.05 in T2 (24.63%). The polyunsaturated fatty acid showed significant increase p<0.05 in T3. The study demonstrated that the combination of soybean+safflower meal had role enriching the diets and fish meat with unsaturated fatty acid.