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. 2023 May 4;49(3):529–542. doi: 10.1007/s10695-023-01199-0

Table 5.

Carcass chemical composition of Nile tilapia fed conventional dietary phosphorus and nano-phosphorus for 12 weeks

	D-group	N-D group	1/2 N-D group
DM%	24.02 ± 0.07	24.47 ± 0.16	24.44 ± 0.16
Moisture%	75.72 ± 0.21	75.24 ± 0.03	75.35 ± 0.28
CP%	54.94 ± 0.85^b	60.60 ± 0.47^a	55.57 ± 0.39^b
EE%	12.29 ± 0.10^a	11.98 ± 0.07^a	11.02 ± 0.12^b
Ash%	15.98 ± 0.15	15.44 ± 0.24	15.48 ± 0.13
CHO%	14.55 ± 0.21^b	11.36 ± 0.16^c	17.09 ± 0.11^a
Fe (mg/dl)	225.18 ± 4.33^b	325.43 ± 24.81^a	223.83 ± 1.48^b
Zn (mg/dl)	211.88 ± 11.45^ab	236.28 ± 10.10^a	192.30 ± 8.10^b
P (mg/dl)	17,226.50 ± 131.50^c	21,346.83 ± 191.07^a	19,681.17 ± 43.83^b
Ca (mg/dl)	15,831.17 ± 647.04^b	18,479.17 ± 905.25^ab	19,502.10 ± 873.65^a

Different lowercases indicate significant differences (P < 0.05)