Table 2 Growth performance of carp fed diets containing various phosphorus sources for 9 weeks

Initial wt (g/fish)

6.40 ± 0.05^ns

6.63 ± 0.07

6.63 ± 0.08

6.60 ± 0.08

6.61 ± 0.12

Final wt (g/fish)

19.19 ± 0.23^d

24.53 ± 0.30^a

22.41 ± 0.28^b

20.14 ± 0.41^c

24.94 ± 0.39^a

DFI (%/av. wt/day)¹

2.17 ± 0.02^a

1.91 ± 0.02^c

2.01 ± 0.03^b

2.17 ± 0.03^a

1.88 ± 0.03^c

WG (%)²

199.87 ± 5.68^c

269.85 ± 2.44^a

237.87 ± 2.76^b

205.19 ± 2.61^c

277.54 ± 12.59^a

FCR³

1.29 ± 0.03^a

1.00 ± 0.01^c

1.09 ± 0.01^b

1.28 ± 0.03^a

0.99 ± 0.03^c

PER⁴

1.83 ± 0.04^c

2.34 ± 0.03^a

2.17 ± 0.03^b

1.83 ± 0.04^c

2.39 ± 0.08^a

SGR(%)⁵

1.74 ± 0.03^c

2.08 ± 0.01^a

1.93 ± 0.01^b

1.77 ± 0.01^c

2.11 ± 0.05^a

SR(%)⁶

100 ± 0.00 ^ns

100 ± 0.00

100 ± 0.00

100 ± 0.00

100 ± 0.00