Table 3. Effect of dietary treatments on final body composition (on fresh weight basis) of rainbow trout fed the experimental diets for 6 weeks1.
Final body composition | |||||||||
Unit in g kg−1 | Initial bodycomposition | Diets2 | P- value | ||||||
HP/EF | HP/EC | LP/EF | LP/EC | Pooled SEM | P/E ratio | NPE source | P/E×NPE | ||
Dry matter (DM) | 220 | 278 | 251 | 285 | 257 | 4.1 | 0.125 | <0.001 | 0.871 |
Protein | 153 | 156 | 162 | 143 | 140 | 3.4 | <0.001 | 0.632 | 0.263 |
Fat | 34 | 94 | 61 | 111 | 81 | 3.9 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.684 |
Ash | 26 | 21a | 21a | 19b | 20ab | 0.5 | 0.008 | 0.223 | 0.042 |
Energy (kJ g−1) | 5.0 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 0.16 | 0.015 | <0.001 | 0.913 |
Values represent least squares (LS) means (n = 3), row means with different superscript letters were significantly different and assigned only if interaction effect was significant (P<0·05).
HP/EF - High P/E ratio diet with fat as main non-protein energy source; HP/EC - High P/E ratio diet with carbohydrate as main non-protein energy source; LP/EF - Low P/E ratio diet with fat as main non-protein energy source; LP/EC - Low P/E ratio diet with carbohydrate as main non-protein energy source.