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Table 2.

Growth and developmental performance of hybrid tilapia after feeding nucleotide supplemented diets for eight weeks.

Treatment	IBW, g	WG, %	FR	FE	IL:BL	IW:BW
Control	7.85 ± 0.23^a	265.46 ± 9.50^a	2.95 ± 0.04^a	0.69 ± 0.01^ab	4.34 ± 0.09^a	1.52 ± 0.13^a
0.15% nucleotides	8.07 ± 0.12^a	254.36 ± 19.60^a	2.87 ± 0.07^a	0.67 ± 0.02^a	4.81 ± 0.17^ab	1.58 ± 0.21^a
0.30% nucleotides	8.03 ± 0.15^a	286.76 ± 13.01^ab	2.89 ± 0.11^a	0.73 ± 0.02^bc	4.87 ± 0.12^b	1.61 ± 0.21^a
0.60% nucleotides	8.03 ± 0.12^a	332.62 ± 14.00^b	2.94 ± 0.06^a	0.76 ± 0.01^c	4.87 ± 0.08^b	1.73 ± 0.12^a
1.20% nucleotides	8.13 ± 0.09^a	295.36 ± 4.65^ab	2.91 ± 0.07^a	0.74 ± 0.01^c	4.56 ± 0.14^ab	1.62 ± 0.13^a

^{a, b, c} Data are means of triplicate, and presented as mean ± SEM Means in each column with a common superscript are not significantly different (P > 0.05.)

IBW = initial body weight; WG = weight gain; FR = feeding rate; FE = feed efficiency; IL:BL = ratio of intestine length to body length; IW:BW = the ratio of intestine weight to body weight.