Research Article

Dietary Available Phosphorus Affected Growth Performance, Body Composition, and Hepatic Antioxidant Property of Juvenile Yellow Catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco

Table 3

The growth performance of yellow catfish under different dietary treatments for eight weeks (Mean ± SE, 𝑛 = 3 ).

Available P in diet (%)0.330.560.811.151.311.57

IBW (g) 3 . 0 2 ± 0 . 0 5 3 . 1 0 ± 0 . 0 3 3 . 0 3 ± 0 . 0 9 3 . 0 0 ± 0 . 0 7 3 . 1 4 ± 0 . 0 6 3 . 2 3 ± 0 . 0 1
FBW (g) 6 . 0 8 ± 0 . 0 9 b c 6 . 4 4 ± 0 . 0 8 b 7 . 5 1 ± 0 . 3 6 a 5 . 4 5 ± 0 . 2 3 c 6 . 1 9 ± 0 . 3 6 b c 6 . 5 8 ± 0 . 2 1 b
SGR (% day−1) 1 . 2 5 ± 0 . 0 1 b c 1 . 3 1 ± 0 . 0 2 b 1 . 6 2 ± 1 . 1 0 a 1 . 0 6 ± 0 . 0 4 c 1 . 2 1 ± 0 . 0 8 b c 1 . 2 7 ± 0 . 0 6 b
FR (% BW day−1) 1 . 7 4 ± 0 . 0 8 b 1 . 7 0 ± 0 . 0 2 b 1 . 9 3 ± 0 . 0 2 a 1 . 4 6 ± 0 . 0 6 c 1 . 5 7 ± 0 . 0 4 c 1 . 5 4 ± 0 . 0 1 c
FE (%) 6 4 . 4 0 ± 1 . 8 1 6 8 . 5 7 ± 1 . 0 7 7 3 . 0 4 ± 3 . 6 9 6 4 . 9 2 ± 4 . 0 5 6 9 . 4 5 ± 2 . 5 9 7 6 . 3 1 ± 3 . 8 3
PER (%) 1 . 3 6 ± 0 . 0 4 b 1 . 4 5 ± 0 . 0 4 b 1 . 5 6 ± 0 . 1 1 a b 1 . 3 5 ± 0 . 1 0 b 1 . 4 5 ± 0 . 0 4 b 1 . 7 0 ± 0 . 0 9 a
PRE (%) 1 7 . 6 3 ± 0 . 9 4 1 9 . 2 6 ± 3 . 2 9 2 1 . 3 3 ± 1 . 7 2 2 1 . 7 5 ± 1 . 0 2 1 9 . 9 1 ± 1 . 9 6 2 1 . 5 9 ± 2 . 6 1
Survival rate (%) 9 2 . 2 2 ± 0 . 5 6 9 1 . 6 7 ± 1 . 6 7 8 9 . 4 4 ± 2 . 0 0 9 0 . 5 6 ± 2 . 0 0 9 2 . 7 8 ± 2 . 4 2 9 6 . 1 1 ± 0 . 5 6

Note: IBW: initial body weight; FBW: final body weight; SGR: specific growth rate; FR: feeding rate; FE: feed efficiency; PER: protein efficiency ratio; PRE: protein retention efficiency.
Values with different letters within the same row are significantly different ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).