EFEITO DO ENRIQUECIMENTO AMBIENTAL E ALIMENTAR NA QUALIDADE DA CARNE DE TILÁPIA

Considering the fish production growth, the perspective of animals raised in more sustainable systems, with better life quality and consequently resulting in a final product of higher quality must be considered. In order to assess the influence of environmental (cave, water hyacinth) and food (tryptophan) enrichments on the tilapia meat quality, this work evaluated the impact on the introduction of such enrichments, analyzing if fish raised in these conditions result in a better meat quality in terms of color and texture. The obtained results demonstrate that the application of food and environmental enrichment present significantly influence in the meat quality compared to the control. The treatments with tryptophan and cave must be highlighted, with the best results for the conducted analysis. With this, it is concluded that the environmental enrichment in a breeding system can impact in an efficient way the offered product quality.