Table 3.

Week 16 growth performance of Atlantic salmon fed a control diet or camelina meal (CM)-containing diets

Growth parameter	0CM	8CM	16CM	24CM	p value
Initial weight (g)a	230 ± 41	246 ± 62	250 ± 42	241 ± 49	0.637
Final weight (g)a	691 ± 153a	576 ± 152b	560 ± 129b	565 ± 117b	0.001
Weight gain (g)b	471 ± 39a	329 ± 72b	309 ± 45b	327 ± 17b	0.003
Initial length (cm)a	26.2 ± 2.4	26.9 ± 1.9	27.5 ± 1.5	26.8 ± 1.6	0.424
Final length (cm)a	35.0 ± 4.1	33.8 ± 2.8	33.4 ± 2.6	33.3 ± 2.9	0.081
SGR (%/day)b	0.99 ± 0.1	0.77 ± 0.2	0.72 ± 0.1	0.76 ± 0.01	0.107
CFa	1.53 ± 0.1	1.46 ± 0.1	1.48 ± 0.1	1.54 ± 0.5	0.106
VSI (%)c	9.8 ± 1.1a	10.8 ± 1.0b	11.2 ± 1.2b	11.4 ± 0.9b	0.001
AFId	515 ± 7.6a	420 ± 57b	384 ± 33b	391 ± 20b	0.001
FCRd	1.01 ± 0.1	1.20 ± 0.2	1.16 ± 0.1	1.10 ± 0.1	0.299

The growth results from this trial were previously reported in Hixson et al. (2016)

All measurements are presented as mean ± SD. Means with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05)

^aWeight, length, and condition factor (CF) measurements were calculated from individual fish. Initial measurements: n = 9; final measurements: n = 48 (control), 66 (8CM), 69 (16CM), 50 (24CM). CF was calculated as described in Hixson et al. (2016)

^bSpecific growth rate (SGR) = (ln(Final weight) − ln(Initial weight)/No. of days in trial) × 100. Weight SGR and weight gain (g fish^-1) calculated using tank means, n = 3

^cVisceral somatic index (%) = 100 × (Viscera mass/Body mass) n = 27

^dApparent Feed Intake (AFI) (g fish^-1) and Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) were calculated as described in Hixson et al. (2016) using tank means, n = 3