Proximate and Macro Element Composition of Four Fish Species from Lower River Benue Makurdi Benue State Nigeria

Ikape Simon Ihie,Ed-Idoko Jo,Solomon Shola Gabriel

doi:10.15226/jnhfs.2018.001127

Abstract

Proximate and Macro Element Composition of Four Fish Species from Lower River Benue Makurdi Benue State Nigeria

Highlights

Fish is one of the most important sources of animal protein available in the tropics and has been widely accepted as a good source of protein and other vital nutrients for the maintenance of a healthy body [13]
The proximate composition of Auchenoglanis occidentalis showen couragingly high crude protein contents of 61.65% while it was least with Protopterus annectens 58.52% (Table 1)
The result obtained in this study has provided scientific information and detailed knowledge of the proximate composition of these four important selected fish species

Summary

Introduction

Fish is one of the most important sources of animal protein available in the tropics and has been widely accepted as a good source of protein and other vital nutrients for the maintenance of a healthy body [13]. In many Asian countries over 50% of the animal protein intake comes from fish while in Africa, the proportion is 17.50% [77]. In Nigeria, fish constitute 40% of the animal protein intake [55]. They have significant role in nutrition, income, employment and foreign exchange earning of the country. The knowledge of fish composition is essential for its maximal utilization [68]. Fish is safer and healthier to be consumed when compared with goat, mutton, buffalo meat and chicken meat. Compared to other sources of protein, fish are well known to be excellent sources of protein which can be seen from amino acid composition and protein digestibility [44]

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