Whole body proximate composition

	% Replacing fishmeal protein					P
	0	25	50	75
Crude protein	571.53±1.72^b	582.17±2.78^a	566.43±3.61^b	566.27±3.97^b	0.001
Crude lipid	249.90±1.73^c	246.23±4.02^c	287.57±3.17^a	281.23±1.08^b	0.000
Ash	138.23±2.58^ab	135.53±3.02^b	134.83±2.75^b	143.57±3.60^a	0.028
Ca	46.33±0.37^b	46.90±0.70^b	45.83±0.60^b	50.93±0.61^a	0.000
Mg	1.60±0.00^b	1.63±0.06^b	1.47±0.06^c	1.83±0.06^a	0.000
P	23.43±0.30^b	23.80±0.26^b	22.80±0.26^c	25.37±0.20^a	0.000
Fe	0.40±0.04^d	0.66±0.07^c	1.29±0.09^a	0.79±0.04^b	0.000
Zn	0.55±0.02^c	0.72±0.03^a	0.63±0.02^b	0.66±0.02^b	0.000
Cu	0.083±0.006^c	0.060±0.000^d	0.010±0.000^a	0.090±0.000^b	0.000
Mn	0.050±0.000^b	0.060±0.000^a	0.040±0.000^c	0.053±0.0006^b	0.000
Ca/P ratio	1.98±0.03^a	1.97±0.01^a	2.01±0.01^a	2.01±0.03^a	0.141

* Means with same superscript in each row are insignificantly different (P > 0.05)

Table 4: Whole body proximate composition and minerals of Asian sea bass fed test diets (g Kg^-1, dry basis). *

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