Table 3 Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) in the intraperitoneal fat of tilapia fed the basal diet un-supplemented (control), or supplemented with 1% Arg, or 2% Arg for 56 days¹

0.03 ± 0.00^b

0.03 ± 0.00^b

0.04 ± 0.00^a

0.027

1.28 ± 0.04

1.40 ± 0.03

1.25 ± 0.07

0.281

0.10 ± 0.00

0.09 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.01

0.252

16.15 ± 0.18^a

15.59 ± 0.10^b

16.28 ± 0.10^a

0.046

0.16 ± 0.01

0.15 ± 0.00

0.16 ± 0.01

0.422

5.63 ± 0.14^a

5.89 ± 0.13^a

4.92 ± 0.07^b

0.007

0.29 ± 0.00

0.27 ± 0.00

0.29 ± 0.01

0.332

1.64 ± 0.02

1.66 ± 0.02

1.68 ± 0.03

0.736

0.16 ± 0.00

0.15 ± 0.00

0.17 ± 0.00

0.064

0.09 ± 0.00

0.09 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.01

0.885

0.65 ± 0.03

0.61 ± 0.01

0.60 ± 0.02

0.532

26.17 ± 0.08

25.93 ± 0.02

25.58 ± 0.20

0.089

0.02 ± 0.00

0.02 ± 0.00

0.02 ± 0.00

0.422

1.48 ± 0.04

1.53 ± 0.03

1.61 ± 0.03

0.144

30.84 ± 0.17^a

30.28 ± 0.09^b

28.76 ± 0.06^c

0.000

1.25 ± 0.03

1.28 ± 0.03

1.19 ± 0.05

0.45

0.09 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.00

0.09 ± 0.01

0.936

0.04 ± 0.00

0.04 ± 0.00

0.04 ± 0.00

0.178

33.72 ± 0.16^a

33.23 ± 0.14^a

31.72 ± 0.07^b

0.000

2.97 ± 0.03^b

3.46 ± 0.05^ab

3.66 ± 0.21^a

0.047

0.41 ± 0.00

0.43 ± 0.01

0.43 ± 0.00

0.182

0.10 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.00

0.11 ± 0.01

0.308

1.29 ± 0.06

1.13 ± 0.04

1.16 ± 0.07

0.324

4.77 ± 0.05^b

5.11 ± 0.03^ab

5.35 ± 0.14^a

0.027

32.61 ± 0.13^c

33.23 ± 0.11^b

34.97 ± 0.15^a

0.000

1.57 ± 0.08

1.47 ± 0.03

1.42 ± 0.07

0.425

1.12 ± 0.01

0.99 ± 0.04

0.91 ± 0.06

0.092

0.05 ± 0.00

0.05 ± 0.00

0.06 ± 0.01

0.870

35.34 ± 0.16^b

35.73 ± 0.10^b

37.36 ± 0.08^a

0.000

40.11 ± 0.13^c

40.84 ± 0.13^b

42.71 ± 0.17^a

0.000

7.41 ± 0.11

6.99 ± 0.03

6.99 ± 0.19

0.175