Bone mineralization and phosphorus

Treatment	Phosphorus (%)	Calcium (%)	Magnesium (%)	Iron (%)	Zinc (%)	Phosphorus retention efficiency
Initial fish	2.21 ± 0.01	2.59 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.01	7.29 ± 0.01	28.77 ± 0.01
S0P0	5.74 ± 0.01^q	2.89 ± 0.01^k	0.25 ± 0.01^h	5.89 ± 0.01^r	27.41 ± 0.01^d	0.62 ± 0.01ⁱ
S1P0	4.50 ± 0.01^j	2.33 ± 0.01^gh	0.22 ± 0.01^g	5.54 ± 0.02^p	24.71 ± 0.01^b	0.62 ± 0.01^hi
S1P1	5.68 ± 0.01^p	2.85 ± 0.01^jk	0.18 ± 0.01^ef	4.49 ± 0.01^l	28.81 ± 0.01^f	0.53 ± 0.01^f
S1P2	5.30 ± 0.01ⁿ	2.50 ± 0.01ⁱ	0.20 ± 0.01^fg	6.45 ± 0.01^t	29.34 ± 0.01ⁱ	0.54 ± 0.01^f
S1P3	5.13 ± 0.01^m	2.72 ± 0.01^j	0.26 ± 0.01^h	5.10 ± 0.01ⁿ	35.03 ± 0.01^p	0.45 ± 0.01^e
S1P4	4.14 ± 0.01ⁱ	2.53 ± 0.01ⁱ	0.25 ± 0.01^h	5.23 ± 0.01^o	28.21 ± 0.01^e	0.70 ± 0.01^k
S2P0	4.89 ± 0.01^l	2.19 ± 0.01^fg	0.11 ± 0.01^a	6.32 ± 0.01^s	32.19 ± 0.01^m	0.78 ± 0.01^m
S2P1	5.28 ± 0.01ⁿ	2.49 ± 0.01^hi	0.20 ± 0.01^fg	4.15 ± 0.01^j	32.16 ± 0.01^m	0.72 ± 0.01^kl
S2P2	5.60 ± 0.01^o	2.49 ± 0.35^hi	0.25 ± 0.01^h	7.98 ± 0.01^u	29.28 ± 0.04^h	0.92 ± 0.01^o
S2P3	4.69 ± 0.01^k	2.05 ± 0.01^ef	0.15 ± 0.01^cd	3.09 ± 0.01^g	22.79 ± 0.01^a	0.82 ± 0.01ⁿ
S2P4	3.78 ± 0.01^h	1.65 ± 0.01^bc	0.17 ± 0.01^de	2.08 ± 0.01^e	34.28 ± 0.04^o	0.74 ± 0.01^l
S3P0	3.42 ± 0.01^g	2.23 ± 0.01^g	0.19 ± 0.01^ef	4.23 ± 0.01^k	31.19 ± 0.01^j	1.07 ± 0.01^p
S3P1	3.26 ± 0.01^e	1.97 ± 0.01^e	0.15 ± 0.01^cd	2.31 ± 0.01^f	32.62 ± 0.01ⁿ	1.08 ± 0.03^p
S3P2	3.13 ± 0.01^d	1.88 ± 0.01^de	0.14 ± 0.01^bcd	3.35 ± 0.01^h	27.44 ± 0.01^d	0.60 ± 0.01^gh
S3P3	3.42 ± 0.01^g	1.98 ± 0.01^e	0.17 ± 0.01^de	4.61 ± 0.01^m	36.59 ± 0.01^s	0.35 ± 0.01^c
S3P4	3.37 ± 0.01^f	2.25 ± 0.01^g	0.31 ± 0.01ⁱ	5.74 ± 0.01^q	31.73 ± 0.01^l	0.46 ± 0.01^e
S4P0	2.33 ± 0.01^a	1.41 ± 0.01^a	0.12 ± 0.01^ab	0.67 ± 0.01^a	31.38 ± 0.01^k	-0.44 ± 0.01^a
S4P1	3.42 ± 0.01^g	1.74 ± 0.01^cd	0.14 ± 0.01^abc	3.51 ± 0.01ⁱ	37.29 ± 0.01^q	0.59 ± 0.01^g
S4P2	2.66 ± 0.01^b	1.64 ± 0.01^bc	0.14 ± 0.01^bcd	1.05 ± 0.01^b	38.09 ± 0.01^r	0.26 ± 0.01^b
S4P3	2.64 ± 0.01^b	1.56 ± 0.01^b	0.25 ± 0.01^h	1.61 ± 0.01^d	29.04 ± 0.01^g	0.67 ± 0.01^j
S4P4	2.89 ± 0.01^c	1.50 ± 0.01^b	0.11 ± 0.01^a	1.22 ± 0.01^c	27.37 ± 0.01^c	0.42 ± 0.01^d
Total	4.06 ± 1.10	2.13 ± 0.45	0.19 ± 0.06	4.03 ± 1.99	35.57 ± 23.16	0.59 ± 0.31
Sig	P<0.05	P<0.05	P<0.05	P<0.05	P<0.05	P<0.05

Mean values with the same alphabet superscript in the same column are not significantly different at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

Table 7: Bone mineralization and phosphorus retention efficiency of fish fed phytase-treated experimental diet based on soyabean meal (full fat).