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. 2022 Sep 23;9:1011715. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1011715

Table 4.

Effects of dietary supplementation with β-glucan and/or Bacillus coagulans on whole body composition (% wet weight basis) of tilapia fish.

Parameters Dietary treatments Pooled SEM p-value
CNT BG BC1 BC2 BG+BC1 BG+BC2
Moisture 73.64a 73.83a 73.08b 72.57bc 72.58bc 72.41d 0.16 < 0.001
Dry matter 26.36c 26.17c 26.92b 27.42ab 27.42ab 27.59a 0.14 < 0.001
CP 11.86e 12.86cd 14.01cb 15.27a 14.59ab 15.42a 0.12 < 0.001
CF 7.87a 7.51ab 7.16bc 7.05c 7.16bc 6.87c 0.13 0.002
Ash 5.62a 5.21b 4.66c 4.48cd 4.45cd 4.28d 0.08 < 0.001

CP, crude protein; CF, crude fat.

One-way ANOVA non-significant for P > 0.05. The different letters within the same raw indicated to significance variation. Data were presented as the mean ± pooled standard error.