Table 3.

Growth performances of sea bass fed on control diet (CD) and experimental diets with different concentration of oregano essential oil: 100 ppm (D100) and 200 ppm (D200)

Growth Parameters	CD	D100	D200	p-Value
Initial body weight (g)	12.48 ± 0.70	12.48 ± 0.70	12.48 ± 0.70	n.s.
Final body weight (g)	125.75 ± 2.91 b	142.52 ± 2.11 a	108.82 ± 2.16 c	<0.001
Specific growth rate (%/d)	1.51 ± 0.03 b	1.60 ± 0.04 a	1.41 ± 0.04 c	<0.001

Values are reported as means ± standard deviations. Values followed by different letters (^a–c) in the same row are significantly different by Tukey post hoc tests (p < 0.05). p-values from one-way analysis are also provided. n.s. = not significant.