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Table 2. Growth performance of rats in response to dietary proteins.

	Casein (n¹ = 10)	Soybean (n = 10)	Fish (n = 11)	Chicken (n = 11)	Pork (n = 11)	Beef (n = 11)
BW (0d)	164.91 ± 15.45^a	167.6 ± 12.32^a	171.45 ± 10.32^a	167.1 ± 11.18^a	167.82 ± 14.74^a	168.55 ± 15.15^a
BW (90d)	666.44 ± 79.94^ab	630.20 ± 61.69^bc	686.44 ± 43.25^a	650.91 ± 76.47^abc	643.82 ± 41.28^bc	610.00 ± 70.05^c
BWG	523.40 ± 91.99^a	467.40 ± 60.80^abc	514.44 ± 45.83^ab	457.89 ± 34.83^bc	473.33 ± 25.71^abc	435.14 ± 64.48^c
P/W (%)	4.61 ± 0.89^a	4.20 ± 0.84^ab	5.10 ± 1.41^a	4.88 ± 1.04^a	4.13 ± 0.71^ab	3.38 ± 0.98^b
E/W (%)	3.38 ± 0.69^ab	2.58 ± 0.51^cd	2.95 ± 0.31^bc	3.52 ± 0.31^a	2.11 ± 0.25^e	2.48 ± 0.53^de

Note: The data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance and means were compared by Duncan’s multiple comparison.

¹‘n’ is the number of animalsc in each group. ^a,b,c,d,eMeans with different superscripts differed significantly (p < 0.05). BW: body weight; BWG: body weight gain; P/W: perirenal fat weight/body weight; E/W: epididymis fat weight/body weight.