[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "EFFECTS OF LYCOPENE SUPPLEMENTATION ON GROWTH, BLOOD PROFILE, AND MINERAL DIGESTIBILITY IN Cirrhinus mrigala FED CANOLA MEAL-BASED DIETS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Abbas",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Arsalan",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Hussain",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Asrar",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Riaz",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ali",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Aziz",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Afzal",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Amjad",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Akram",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2026]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "36",
  "issue": "4",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2026.4.0086",
  "abstract": "<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 149%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Lycopene is a lipophilic natural antioxidant that effectively neutralizes oxygen and free radicals. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of lycopene supplemented canola meal-based diets on growth, nutrient digestibility, hematology, carcass composition, and mineral digestibility of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Cirrhinus</span> mrigala</em> fingerlings. Six concentrations of lycopene supplementation (0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5%) were prepared. A feeding rate <span style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\">of 5% live body weight was given to the fish for three months, stocked in tanks (n=270; average weight= </span>5.31 &plusmn; 0.039 g<span style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\">). The results showed that </span>weight gain % (288.49&plusmn;9.82%), FCR (1.332&plusmn;0.03), protein content (77.50&plusmn;0.87%), and gross energy (75.42&plusmn;0.94%) were significantly higher in the group fed 3% lycopene supplemented diets, </span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 149%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">while crude fat digestibility (77.94&plusmn;1.43%) was maximum at 2% lycopene level. </span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 149%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Furthermore, the hematological parameters were significantly improved at Test-diet IV (3% lycopene supplementation). Moreover, the body composition parameters and mineral digestibility (Ca, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Na, and P) were substantially enhanced when <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">C. mrigala</em><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"> were fed the </span>Test-diet IV.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; </span>In conclusion, the supplementation of 3% lycopene in canola meal-based diets is recommended for <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">C. mrigala </em><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">fingerlings, enhancing </span>growth performance, nutritional digestibility, and blood parameters.</span></p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2025-JAPS-998"
}]