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Table 3 Whole-body composition of L. vannamei fed the six experimental diets containing six different levels of crude protein (25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50% for P25, P30, P35, P40, P45, and P50, respectively)

From: Dietary protein requirement of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in three different growth stages

  Experimental diets
P25 P30 P35 P40 P45 P50
Trial 1 (initial BW 0.65 g)
 Moisture 83.6 ± 3.12a 76.3 ± 2.73c 77.6 ± 1.17bc 76.5 ± 1.61c 77.4 ± 0.78bc 79.1 ± 0.45b
 Protein 76.6 ± 4.78 76.8 ± 5.47 80.9 ± 5.13 78.3 ± 6.69 76.6 ± 3.91 79.3 ± 2.04
 Lipid 5.15 ± 0.95 4.87 ± 0.88 4.57 ± 0.08 4.22 ± 0.65 4.93 ± 0.75 5.42 ± 0.97
 Ash 21.0 ± 2.46 20.2 ± 1.66 20.2 ± 1.67 20.9 ± 1.26 20.7 ± 0.93 20.5 ± 1.05
Trial 3 (initial BW 10.5 g)
 Moisture 76.5 ± 1.13a 74.6 ± 1.47bc 75.6 ± 1.08ab 74.5 ± 0.24bc 73.4 ± 1.35c 76.2 ± 0.55a
 Protein 75.6 ± 3.63b 82.8 ± 1.60a 82.7 ± 1.93a 82.9 ± 2.54a 84.1 ± 0.92a 83.7 ± 2.04a
 Lipid 4.45 ± 0.34 4.67 ± 0.31 4.64 ± 0.47 4.57 ± 0.34 4.70 ± 0.15 4.57 ± 0.31
 Ash 13.0 ± 1.32 12.3 ± 1.14 13.1 ± 1.20 12.6 ± 0.68 12.6 ± 0.68 13.7 ± 0.95
  1. Values are mean of triplicate groups and presented as mean ± S.D. Values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05). The lack of superscript letter indicates no significant differences among treatments
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