| Feed |
Biomass |
Shrimp nitrogen (% dry wt) |
Nitrogen gain / retention (mg) |
Nitrogen consumption |
| Initial (mg) |
Final (mg) |
Amount of feed (mg) |
Feed nitrogen (mg/100 mg) |
Nitrogen consumed (mg) |
| 1 |
20.0 ± 0.45 |
2430 ± 0.073 |
7.15 ± 0.164 |
173.82 ± 2.78a |
4160 ± 0.125 |
5.45 ± 0.145 |
226.56 ± 7.15 |
| 2 |
20.5 ± 0.40 |
1810 ± 0.062 |
7.09 ± 0.167 |
128.26 ± 1.86b |
3310 ± 0.010 |
4.98 ± 0.174 |
164.80 ± 4.16 |
| 3 |
20.6 ± 0.50 |
1510 ± 0.051 |
5.57 ± 0.460 |
84.22 ± 1.34c |
3160 ± 0.110 |
4.99 ± 0.160 |
157.56 ± 3.85 |
| 4 |
20.0 ± 0.46 |
1490 ± 0.042 |
5.04 ± 0.580 |
75.10 ± 1.27d |
2860 ± 0.100 |
4.75 ± 0.164 |
135.87 ± 3.65 |
Each value is a mean (X ± SD) of triplicate samples
Note: Values in a row with different alphabets are statistically significant
(P < 0.05; SNK test) |
