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Table 3.

Effects of dietary arginine levels on growth performance of yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco).

Item	Dietary arginine levels, %
Item	2.44	2.64	2.81	3.01	3.23
Initial weight, g	1.13 ± 0.01	1.13 ± 0.01	1.15 ± 0.01	1.12 ± 0.02	1.14 ± 0.02
Final weight, g	22.27 ± 0.74^ab	22.79 ± 0.68^b	22.86 ± 0.54^b	22.14 ± 0.61^ab	21.73 ± 0.34^a
WG, %	1,867.03 ± 56.36^ab	1,914.04 ± 51.73^b	1,892.88 ± 44.43^b	1,882.52 ± 25.63^ab	1,815.09 ± 19.76^a
SGR, %/d	5.32 ± 0.05^ab	5.36 ± 0.05^b	5.34 ± 0.04^b	5.32 ± 0.01^ab	5.27 ± 0.02^a
FCR	0.79 ± 0.02^ab	0.77 ± 0.02^a	0.78 ± 0.02^a	0.78 ± 0.01^a	0.81 ± 0.01^b
PER	2.96 ± 0.09^ab	3.09 ± 0.08^c	3.01 ± 0.07^abc	2.99 ± 0.02^abc	2.89 ± 0.03^a
CF, g/cm³	2.40 ± 0.06^a	2.41 ± 0.10^a	2.69 ± 0.16^b	2.51 ± 0.02^a	2.42 ± 0.09^a
HSI, %	1.35 ± 0.09^a	1.36 ± 0.07^a	1.33 ± 0.06^a	1.19 ± 0.08^a	1.22 ± 0.19^a
VSI, %	7.25 ± 0.39^a	7.78 ± 0.47^a	7.57 ± 0.60^a	8.09 ± 0.13^a	7.52 ± 0.18^a

WG = weight gain; SGR = specific growth rate; FCR = feed conversion ratio; PER = protein efficiency ratio; CF = condition factor; HSI = hepatosomatic index; VSI = viscerosomatic index.

^a,b,c In the same row, values with no or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), and with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05).