Benefits of Adding Virginiamycin to Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) Diet Cultivated in the Brazilian Amazon
Table 5
Spearman's correlation coefficients of morphometric variables in ratio of total weight and productive performance of pirarucu (control 0.0 mg/treatment 75.0 mg) of the antibiotic virginiamycin.
Variables
PT
PC
VC
RCTPC
RMTPC
RMPCA
RD
PT
—
+0.690/0.960
+0.512/0.516
+0.612/0.606
+0.507/0.713
+0.490/0.507
+0.612/0.406
PC
+0.712/0.906
—
+0.399/0.336
+0.492/0.790
+0.577/0.799
+0.750/0.409
+0.551/0.802
VC
+0.512/0.516
+0.399/0.336
—
−0.577/0.608
−0.489/0.579
−0.516/0.695
+0.812/0.506
RCTPC
+0.612/0.606
+0.492/0.790
−0.577/0.608
—
−0.380/0.379
−0.380/0.379
−0.516/0.695
RMTPC
+0.507/0.713
+0.577/0.799
−0.489/0.579
−0.380/0.379
—
+0.412/0.506
−0.610/0.797
RMPCA
+0.490/0.507
+0.551/0.802
−0.516/0.695
−0.380/0.379
+0.412/0.506
—
−0.511/0.799
RD
+0.612/0.406
+0.750/0.409
+0.812/0.506
−0.516/0.695
−0.610/0.797
−0.511/0.799
—
ρ2: 0,799. PC: mean body circumference, TC: total length, FP: final weight, VC: viscera, RCTPC: ratio of carcass yield to body weight, RMTPC: ratio of manta yield to yield body weight, RMPCA: ratio of manta yield to carcass weight, and RD: slaughter residue yield.
