Table 5.
Whole body chemical composition (% wet weight) at the end of Asian sea bass Lates calcarifer.
| Items | Feeding frequency (number of meals d−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 (FF1) | T2 (FF2) | T3 (FF3) | T4 (FF4) | |
| Moisture | 74.20 ± 0.08a | 72.60 ± 1.20a | 71.40 ± 0.31a | 71.35 ± 1.04a |
| Protein | 20.01 ± 0.12a | 21.05 ± 1.12a | 21.88 ± 1.20a | 21.40 ± 1.40a |
| Lipid | 10.20 ± 1.50b | 10.90 ± 1.40b | 11.88 ± 1.80a | 11.70 ± 1.67b |
| Ash | 4.60 ± 0.01a | 4.52 ± 0.80a | 4.11 ± 0.60a | 4.10 ± 0.80a |
The values represent the mean SD of triplicate treatments in the same row with distinct superscripts, and they vary significantly (P > 0.05).