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. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e83162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083162

Table 3. Data on growth, feed intake and nutrient utilization of the trout during the 25-day V-challenge.

Family C1 C2 C3 P-value (2-way ANOVA)
Nutritional history M V M V M V SEM Fam N Hist FxNH
Growth parameters (g ind−1)
Initial body weight 33,5 33,8 36,1 34,6 38,7 42,1 0,70 0,000 0,103 0,001
Final body weight 46,6 57,0 61,3 65,2 45,3 55,9 1,8 0,000 0,001 0,299
Protein gain 2,07 3,59 4,08 4,72 1,32 2,60 0,29 0,000 0,003 0,510
Lipid gain 1,92 3,56 4,20 5,48 0,79 2,34 0,37 0,000 0,001 0,910
Energy gain 122 218 264 323 69,2 176 20,7 0,000 0,001 0,643
Voluntary feed intake (FI)
FI (g ind−1) 15,4 23,0 24,9 29,2 9,5 15,9 1,6 0,000 0,005 0,760
FI (% BW d−1) 1,52 2,02 2,03 2,33 0,89 1,29 0,12 0,000 0,011 0,834
FI (mg kg BW−0.8 d−1) 8,1 11,2 11,5 13,3 4,7 7,1 0,7 0,000 0,005 0,769
Nutrient and energy utilization efficiency (% intake)
Protein retention 28,4 33,5 35,1 34,6 29,3 35,1 0,8 0,069 0,017 0,117
Lipid retention 75,5 98,3 107,9 119,5 43,9 90,8 6,2 0,001 0,003 0,203
Energy retention 37,8 46,0 51,3 53,9 34,5 53,3 1,9 0,005 0,001 0,045

Data represent treatment means according to their early nutritional history (M or V) and family (C1, C2, C3). P-values (2-way ANOVA) show the significance of the effects of nutritional history (N Hist), family (Fam) and their interaction (FxNH).