Table 3.
Whole-body and muscle proximate composition of M. salmoides fed diets supplemented with different levels of AME.
| Con | AME0.1 | AME0.2 | AME0.3 | AME0.4 | AME0.5 | AME0.6 | Regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linear | Quadratic | ||||||||
| Whole-body | |||||||||
| Moisture (%) | 70.18 ± 0.13 | 70.31 ± 0.23 | 70.78 ± 0.05 | 70.92 ± 0.18 | 70.47 ± 0.24 | 70.87 ± 0.11 | 70.62 ± 0.20 | 0.047 | 0.030 |
| Crude protein (%) | 16.41 ± 0.03b | 16.83 ± 0.16ab | 17.05 ± 0.03a | 16.60 ± 0.19ab | 16.74 ± 0.13ab | 16.28 ± 0.03b | 16.49 ± 0.04ab | 0.192 | 0.043 |
| Crude lipid (%) | 8.29 ± 0.14a | 7.68 ± 0.07ab | 7.41 ± 0.19b | 7.29 ± 0.20b | 7.75 ± 0.07ab | 7.80 ± 0.09ab | 7.83 ± 0.08ab | 0.571 | 0.002 |
| Ash (%) | 3.81 ± 0.02b | 3.92 ± 0.03ab | 3.94 ± 0.06ab | 3.99 ± 0.04ab | 3.85 ± 0.06ab | 3.91 ± 0.07ab | 4.06 ± 0.05a | 0.040 | 0.128 |
| Muscle | |||||||||
| Moisture (%) | 76.88 ± 0.03 | 76.71 ± 0.10 | 76.64 ± 0.02 | 76.47 ± 0.12 | 76.46 ± 0.11 | 76.49 ± 0.12 | 76.43 ± 0.04 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Crude protein (%) | 20.27 ± 0.11ab | 19.95 ± 0.13b | 20.23 ± 0.06ab | 20.44 ± 0.14a | 20.30 ± 0.02ab | 20.19 ± 0.07ab | 20.46 ± 0.11a | 0.097 | 0.260 |
| Crude lipid (%) | 0.82 ± 0.09b | 1.29 ± 0.13a | 1.22 ± 0.03a | 1.09 ± 0.02ab | 1.23 ± 0.08a | 1.24 ± 0.04a | 1.19 ± 0.01ab | 0.064 | 0.031 |
| Ash (%) | 1.50 ± 0.03 | 1.46 ± 0.06 | 1.36 ± 0.01 | 1.36 ± 0.01 | 1.42 ± 0.02 | 1.46 ± 0.03 | 1.49 ± 0.03 | 0.890 | 0.002 |
Values are means ± SEM of three replications. Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).