EFFECT OF STARVATION AND REPEEDING ON TISSUE PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF HEPATIC AND MUSCULAR TISSUES OF TIL API A MOSSAMBICA (PETERS)

Abstract

starvation in Tilapia mossambica (Peters) induced higher depletion of carbohydrate
reserves in all the tissues. While liver and red muscle showed higher
lipoiysis, the white mwscte had higher proteolysis. The refeeding process resulted
in replenishment of tissue reservs in white muscle, while those of liver and red
muscle were at lower level than normal, suggesting the possibility of impairment
of synthetic activities in liver and red muscle after prolonged stairvation. The carbohydrate
synthetic efficiency in white muscle seem to be considerably elevated
on refeeding. The lipid reserves of all the tissues were depleted even after
refeeding and he'nce the course of stairvation and refeeding was envisaged to
decrease the tissue fat depots