Table 6.

Examined minerals absorption in C. carpio feeding on diet containing mixture of MOSM + MOLM.

Test feeds	PHY levels	Ca	Na	K	P	Fe	Cu	Mg	Al	Zn	Mn
Diet-I (Control)	0	40.73 ± 0.90e	60.43 ± 0.98c	55.75 ± 0.92e	50.20 ± 0.92f	47.56 ± 0.85f	51.81 ± 0.90e	50.44 ± 0.90f	48.36 ± 0.96f	45.20 ± 0.55f	45.30 ± 0.90f
Diet-II	500	50.44 ± 0.63d	64.29 ± 0.82b	59.22 ± 0.88d	56.12 ± 0.33e	58.46 ± 0.93d	57.63 ± 0.93d	57.41 ± 0.82d	60.73 ± 0.88c	53.34 ± 0.75e	60.56 ± 0.82d
Diet-III	650	57.27 ± 0.88c	66.22 ± 0.96b	65.62 ± 0.62c	65.41 ± 0.79c	64.53 ± 0.90c	62.31 ± 0.96c	64.23 ± 0.98b	66.35 ± 0.81a	59.64 ± 0.78c	61.38 ± 0.67 cd
Diet-IV	800	63.53 ± 0.90b	69.41 ± 0.87a	69.59 ± 0.91b	68.35 ± 0.99b	71.65 ± 0.95a	65.73 ± 0.86b	67.37 ± 0.90a	63.47 ± 0.59b	64.16 ± 1.08b	65.20 ± 0.76ab
Diet-V	950	70.25 ± 0.99a	65.36 ± 0.71b	74.50 ± 0.71a	71.35 ± 0.86a	68.64 ± 0.87b	67.67 ± 0.85ab	65.55 ± 0.82ab	57.69 ± 0.79d	66.34 ± 0.86ab	66.37 ± 0.79a
Diet-VI	1100	62.25 ± 0.92b	58.41 ± 0.72c	69.66 ± 0.80b	66.72 ± 0.97bc	59.66 ± 0.90d	69.37 ± 0.87a	61.74 ± 0.81c	51.41 ± 0.82e	66.72 ± 0.95a	63.56 ± 0.96bc
Diet-VII	1250	53.85 ± 0.84c	52.54 ± 0.98d	60.65 ± 0.95d	59.58 ± 0.93d	51.32 ± 0.96e	56.32 ± 0.87d	54.47 ± 0.83e	42.40 ± 0.94 g	56.73 ± 0.88d	52.28 ± 0.84e

^a-fMeans within column having dissimilar superscripts are quietly different at p < 0.05.

Data are means of three replicates with fifteen fingerlings in each.