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Table 2 Growth performance and feed utilization of red sea bream fed the eight experimental diets for 20 weeks

From: Effects of taurine supplementation in low fish meal diets for red seabream (Pagrus major) in low water temperature season

 

FBW (g)1

WG (%)2

FI3

FCR4

PER5

Survival (%)

HFM

185 ± 7.4ab

77.6 ± 5.6bc

77.6 ± 1.8ab

1.16 ± 0.03bc

1.79 ± 0.04ab

91.7 ± 2.9

HFM-T

192 ± 2.9a

92.0 ± 2.9a

83.8 ± 0.9a

1.05 ± 0.04c

1.99 ± 0.07a

96.7 ± 2.9

SM20

170 ± 5.0cde

69.5 ± 5.0bcd

71.4 ± 4.7abc

1.39 ± 0.25abc

1.53 ± 0.29abc

91.7 ± 5.8

SM20-T

182 ± 5.1abc

82.2 ± 5.1ab

75.3 ± 3.7abc

1.06 ± 0.02bc

1.96 ± 0.04a

96.7 ± 2.9

SM35

165 ± 1.1de

64.8 ± 1.1cd

66.5 ± 4.1bc

1.25 ± 0.15abc

1.68 ± 0.18abc

96.7 ± 5.8

SM35-T

178 ± 4.0bcd

78.1 ± 4.0b

73.6 ± 9.8abc

1.14 ± 0.04bc

1.82 ± 0.07ab

96.7 ± 5.8

SM50

157 ± 7.1e

56.7 ± 7.1d

62.6 ± 3.3c

1.62 ± 0.07a

1.29 ± 0.06c

95.0 ± 5.0

SM50-T

171 ± 2.7cd

70.8 ± 2.7de

65.4 ± 1.3bc

1.46 ± 0.27bc

1.46 ± 0.30bc

88.3 ± 7.6

  1. Values are mean of triplicate groups and presented as mean ± SD. Values with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05). The lack of superscript letter indicates no significant differences among treatments
  2. 1Final body weight
  3. 2Weight gain = [(final body weight − initial body weight)/ initial body weight] × 100
  4. 3Feed intake (g/fish) = dry feed consumed (g)/fish
  5. 4Feed conversion ratio = dry feed fed/wet weight gain
  6. 5Protein efficiency ratio = fish weight gain (g)/protein