Table 3. Fish growth performance, chyme water content and macronutrients apparent digestibility, and plasma osmolality.
SGR (%/day) | FI (%/day) | FCR† | Dig. Lipid % | Dig. Protein % | Dig. Starch % | Dig. Energy % | Chyme water % | Plasma osmolality mOsmol/kg | |
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One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) | |||||||||
P value | 0.06 | 0.30 | <0.001 | 0.02 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.01 |
Pooled SEM | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.45 | 1.3 |
Mean values | |||||||||
FM | 1.43 | 1.16 | 0.82c | 97.5ab | 89.3b | 85.5a | 91.0a | 86.69b | 295b |
SBMWG | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.00a | 98.7a | 92.7a | 70.8bc | 86.3b | 89.15a | 305a |
SPCPM | 1.37 | 1.28 | 0.93b | 97.8ab | 86.9c | 82.6a | 84.4bc | 88.58a | 302ab |
GMWG | 1.28 | 1.24 | 0.96ab | 95.5ab | 88.4bc | 66.0c | 83.0c | 86.38b | 300ab |
PM | 1.15 | 1.14 | 0.99ab | 95.1b | 77.9d | 78.4ab | 82.3c | 83.64c | 293b |
Abbreviations: SGR, specific growth rate; FCR, feed conversion ratio; FI, feed intake. For explanation of diet abbreviations see Table 1. Log-transformed data are indicated by †. Mean values with different superscript letters within a column are significantly different (P < 0.05).