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. 2021 Apr 19;12:53. doi: 10.1186/s40104-021-00572-4

Table 1.

Muscle composition of hybrid bagrid catfish fed experimental diets containing graded levels of Ile for 8 weeks

Items Dietary Ile levels, g/kg SEM P-values
5.0 7.5 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5 20.0 Linear Quadratic
Moisture 74.82a 73.90b 72.22d 71.75e 73.49c 74.02b 73.99b 0.06 <  0.01 <  0.0001
Protein 16.89a 17.71c 18.59d 18.80d 17.67c 17.34b 17.35b 0.07 0.45 <  0.0001
Lipid 5.99a 6.14b 6.82e 7.06f 6.81de 6.68cd 6.57c 0.03 <  0.0001 <  0.0001
Ash 1.63 1.62 1.64 1.63 1.65 1.62 1.62 0.01 0.93 <  0.05

Values are means ± SEM of three replicate groups with 6 fish in each group. Values within the same rows having different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)