Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Table 6 Proximate carcass composition of experimental diets containing M. piperita without or with probiotic bacterium B. coagulans (Experiment 1 and Experiment 2)

From: Synergistic effects of autochthonous probiotic bacterium and Mentha piperita diets in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) for enhanced growth and immune response

Proximate composition	Dietary treatments
Experiment 1
	Initial value	C1	P1	P2	P3	P4
Crude protein (%)	9.27 ± 0.020	15.34 ± 0.020^D	15.43 ± 0.020^CD	15.55 ± 0.020^B	15.93 ± 0.030^A	15.52 ± 0.010^BC
Crude fat (%)	4.03 ± 0.020	6.48 ± 0.010^D	6.65 ± 0.010^C	6.76 ± 0.010^B	6.99 ± 0.020^A	6.81 ± 0.030^B
Total ash (%)	2.59 ± 0.010	3.67 ± 0.010^D	3.82 ± 0.020^C	3.94 ± 0.020^B	4.17 ± 0.010^A	3.98 ± 0.020^B
Moisture (%)	64.76 ± 0.030	63.72 ± 0.020^D	64.25 ± 0.030^C	64.25 ± 0.080^C	63.87 ± 0.030^C	64.47 ± 0.030^B
Nitrogen free extract (%)	21.94 ± 0.040	14.46 ± 0.040^A	13.67 ± 0.040^B	13.43 ± 0.070^BC	12.21 ± 0.010^D	13.20 ± 0.050^C
Gross energy (kJ g⁻¹)	7.54 ± 0.020	8.60 ± 0.0020^C	8.62 ± 0.010^BC	8.67 ± 0.010^B	8.79 ± 0.004^A	8.62 ± 0.003^BC
Experiment 2
	Initial value	C2	PP1	PP2	PP3	PP4
Crude protein (%)	9.27 ± 0.020	15.62 ± 0.040^D	15.77 ± 0.030^C	15.95 ± 0.020^B	16.14 ± 0.040^A	15.79 ± 0.020^C
Crude fat (%)	4.03 ± 0.020	6.69 ± 0.030^C	6.82 ± 0.030^B	6.93 ± 0.020^A	7.00 ± 0.030^A	6.95 ± 0.020^A
Total ash (%)	2.59 ± 0.010	3.62 ± 0.010^C	3.59 ± 0.020^C	3.76 ± 0.030^B	3.93 ± 0.020^A	3.98 ± 0.020^A
Moisture (%)	64.76 ± 0.030	62.72 ± 0.010^D	62.88 ± 0.020^C	63.10 ± 0.030^B	63.23 ± 0.020^A	62.94 ± 0.020^C
Nitrogen free extract (%)	21.94 ± 0.040	14.97 ± 0.090^A	14.52 ± 0.060^B	14.02 ± 0.050^C	13.62 ± 0.140^D	14.31 ± 0.020^B
Gross energy (kJ g⁻¹)	7.54 ± 0.020	8.90 ± 0.010^A	8.92 ± 0.003^A	8.92 ± 0.010^A	8.94 ± 0.010^A	8.94 ± 0.010^A

Note: All values are mean ± S.E. of mean. Values with different superscript in the same row are significantly (P < 0.05) different (Tukey’s honest test)

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