Whole body proximate composition

Parameters (g.100g^-1 DM)*	In	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7(Control)
Moisture (Wet wt. basis)	75.6 + 1.1^b	72.8 + 2.4^b	74.5 + 2.3^a	72.7 + 2.6^b	74.3 + 1.3^a	75.2 + 2.6^a	75.4 + 2.7^a	72.1 + 3.9^b
Crude Fat*	6.6 + 0.4^a	7.5 + 0.3^b	7.7 + 0.2^b	8.1 + 0.3^c	6.4 + 0.4^a	7.4 + 0.2^b	7.5 + 0.2^b	6.9 + 0.3^a
Crude Protein*	56.4 + 1.4^a	57.3 + 2.5^a	57.2 + 1.3^a	58.3 + 2.7^a	55.2 + 2.1^a	57.4 + 1.5^a	57.4 + 2.1^a	58.8 + 1.4^a
Dry Matter*	22.3 + 1.8^a	24.3 + 1.2^b	24.2 + 1.4^b	24.2 + 1.7^b	24.2 + 1.3^b	24.6 + 1.3^b	23.5 + 1.9^b	26.3 + 1.7^c
HSI	0.78 + 0.02^d	0.78 + 0.09^a	1.05 + 0.06^b	1.49 + 0.04^c	1.94 + 0.19^d	1.34 + 0.16^e	0.96 + 0.18^b	0.67 + 0.03^f
VSI	1.92 + 0.1^a	2.60 + 0.1^b	3.17 + 0.2^c	1.90 + 0.2^a	1.94 + 0.3^a	2.69 + 0.09^d	4.82 + 0.07^e	2.25 + 0.09^b

Mean Values in same period with different superscript letters are significantly different (p <0.05). HIS= Hepatosomatic index; VSI= Viscerosomatic index

Table 5: Whole body proximate composition (g.100g-1 DM*) and indices of Clarias batrachus fingerling fed feeds containing different proteins for twelve week

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