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Table 2 Effects of dietary threonine levels on the growth performance of sub-adult grass carpg

From: Growth, digestive and absorptive capacity and antioxidant status in intestine and hepatopancreas of sub-adult grass carp Ctenopharyngodonidella fed graded levels of dietary threonine

Item

Dietary Thr levels, g/kg diet

3.3

5.9

8.4

10.9

13.1

15.8

IBW, g/fish

442.0 ± 5.1a

441.6 ± 2.3a

442.6 ± 1.7a

442.2 ± 1.3a

441.6 ± 3.0a

441.4 ± 2.0a

FBW, g/fish

623.4 ± 20.4a

817.4 ± 11.1b

911.8 ± 26.3c

1,013.4 ± 35.2e

969.0 ± 28.2d

896.6 ± 41.7c

WG, g/fish

181.4 ± 19.1a

375.8 ± 10.8b

469.2 ± 26.4c

571.2 ± 34.2e

527.4 ± 27.8d

455.2 ± 42.8c

SGRh, %/day

0.61 ± 0.05a

1.10 ± 0.02b

1.29 ± 0.05c

1.48 ± 0.06d

1.40 ± 0.05d

1.26 ± 0.09c

FI, g/fish

464.4 ± 21.3a

762.0 ± 14.9b

926.1 ± 49.0d

1,074.5 ± 29.5f

1,023.0 ± 10.6e

872.7 ± 5.4c

FEi, %

38.98 ± 2.44a

49.35 ± 2.20b

50.83 ± 4.80b

53.22 ± 3.94b

51.57 ± 2.90b

52.17 ± 5.06b

PERj

1.39 ± 0.09a

1.76 ± 0.08b

1.81 ± 0.17 b

1.90 ± 0.14b

1.84 ± 0.10 b

1.86 ± 0.18 b

  1. IBW: Initial body weight, FBW: Final body weight, WG: Weight gain, SGR: Specific growth rate, FI: Feed intake, FE: Feed efficiency, PER: Protein efficiency ratio
  2. a,b,c,d,e,fMeans in the same row without a letter in common are significantly different (P< 0.05)
  3. gValues are mean ± SD (n = 5)
  4. hSpecific growth rate =100 × {[ln (mean final body weight)-ln (mean initial body weight)]/days}
  5. iFeed efficiency (%) =100× weight gain (g)/diet intake (g)
  6. jProtein efficiency ratio = weight gain (g)/protein intake (g)