Research Article

Effects of Dietary Bitter Melon Extract on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, Inflammatory Cytokines Expression, and Intestinal Microbiota in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

Table 3

Growth performance of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) fed diets with different levels of BME for 8 weeks. Data are means of triplicate.

ControlLBMEMBMEHBMEANOVA value

Initial body weight (IBM, g)0.377
Final body weight (FBW, g)0.621
Weight gain rate (WGR, %)0.115
Specific growth rate (SGR, %/day)0.100
Feed conversion ratio (FCR)0.119
Condition factor (CF, g/cm3)abbb0.000
Viscera index (VSI, %)0.853