| Items |
Treatments No (On DM basis, %) |
SE* |
| T1 (Control) |
T2 |
T3 |
T4 |
T5 |
| Initial weight, g/fish |
10.11 |
10.13 |
10.11 |
10.12 |
10.10 |
0.07 |
| Final weight, g/fish |
36.75 b |
37.00 b |
41.97 a |
42.92 a |
42.64 a |
0.54 |
| Average total gain1, g/fish |
26.64 b |
26.87 b |
31.86 a |
32.80 a |
32.54 a |
1.52 |
| Average daily gain2, g/fish/day |
0.32 b |
0.32 b |
0.38 a |
0.39 a |
0.39 a |
0.07 |
| Specific growth rate3 (SGR % /day) |
1.53 b |
1.54 b |
1.69 a |
1.72 a |
1.71 a |
0.11 |
| Survival rate4, % |
90 |
90 |
95 |
100 |
100 |
2.10 |
| Feed intake (FI), DM g/fish |
47.36 a |
45.96 ab |
44.60 b |
42.98 c |
42.63 c |
1.86 |
| Feed conversion ratio5 (FCR) |
1.78 a |
1.71 b |
1.40 c |
1.31 d |
1.31 d |
0.11 |
| Protein efficiency ratio6 (PER) |
1.87 c |
1.94 c |
2.37 b |
2.53 a |
2.53 a |
0.20 |
| Protein productive value7 (PPV, %) |
30.29 c |
36.64 b |
45.44 a |
48.70 a |
49.12 a |
1.21 |
| Energy retention8 (ER, %) |
21.71 b |
23.43 b |
28.65 a |
30.50 a |
30.66 a |
1.07 |
*Means in the same rows having different superscript letters were significantly
different at P<0.05 levels.
*Standard error of the mean derived from the analysis of variance. |
