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Table 4 Whole body composition (% wet weight) of shrimp fed experimental diets

From: Excess dietary cholesterol may have an adverse effect on growth performance of early post-larval Litopenaeus vannamei

Cholesterol levels (%)

D10

D20.5

D31

D42

One way ANOVA (P value)

Whole body composition

     

Moisture

79.7 ± 0.4

80.5 ± 0.6

79.6 ± 0.7

79.7 ± 1.3

0.507 (ns)

Protein

17.9 ± 0.1a

17.5 ± 0.3b

15.7 ± 0.1c

15.2 ± 0.1d

<0.001

Lipid

1.6 ± 0.1b

1.7 ± 0.1b

1.7 ± 0.1b

2.2 ± 0.1a

<0.001

Ash

3.9 ± 0.1

3.9 ± 0.1

4.0 ± 0.1

4.0 ± 0.1

0.431 (ns)

  1. Values are shown as means ± SE of three replicates. Means within the same row and not sharing a common superscript are significantly different (Ducans, P < 0.05); ns, no significant difference detected (P > 0.05).
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891