Table 1.
Items | Dietary Ile levels, g/kg | SEM | P-values | |||||||
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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)