. 2022 Aug 23;2022:3768368. doi: 10.1155/2022/3768368

Table 2.

The effect of L-carnitine on growth of common carp.

Item	Diet 1	Diet 2	Diet 3
Survival rate (%) (SR)	100^a	100^a	100^a
Initial body weight (g) (IBW)	122.50 ± 26.29^a	126.33 ± 24.65^a	127.50 ± 19.89^a
Final body weight (g) (FBW)	349.11 ± 36.50^a	287.33 ± 36.58^b	334.67 ± 47.43^a
Weight gain rate (%) (WGR)	185.22 ± 29.82^a	127.50 ± 28.96^b	151.94 ± 38.74^b
Feed conversion ratio (%) (FCR)	1.26 ± 0.21^b	1.68 ± 0.17^a	1.38 ± 0.25^ab
Specific growth rate (%) (SGR)	1.53 ± 0.04^a	1.19 ± 0.02^c	1.30 ± 0.04^b
Intestinal length index (%) (ILI)	129.14 ± 33.34^b	128.19 ± 11.69^b	160.29 ± 11.77^a
Intestinal weight index (%) (ISI)	2.10 ± 0.32^b	2.40 ± 0.52^ab	2.75 ± 0.24^a
Gonad index (%) (GI)	1.48 ± 1.02^a	1.40 ± 0.59^a	2.12 ± 1.06^a
Hepatopancreas index (%) (HSI)	1.99 ± 0.24^a	1.70 ± 0.32^a	1.94 ± 0.38^a

Different small letters in the same line represent a significant difference (P < 0.05), the same below.