Table 3.
Whole body composition (% on dry weight basis) of Nile tilapia groups during the present study.
| Items | Experimental groups | SEM | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONT | MO1 | MO2 | FIP | FIP + MO1 | FIP + MO2 | |||
| Moisture (%) | 75.01 bc | 76.70 a | 76.36 ab | 73.75 c | 75.56 bc | 75.40 bc | 0.434 | 0.0042 |
| Crude protein (%) | 56.02 bc | 58.11 a | 58.28 a | 55.04 c | 56.99 ab | 57.30 ab | 0.494 | 0.0128 |
| Crude lipids (%) | 17.21 bc | 17.80 b | 17.96 b | 18.89 a | 16.89 c | 17.98 b | 0.221 | 0.0011 |
| Ash (%) | 17.58 | 17.91 | 17.48 | 17.73 | 18.67 | 17.55 | 0.590 | 0.7819 |
Data represent means ± S.E.M—means having different letters in the same row are significantly different at P < 0.05.