Research Article

Dietary Creatine Reduces Lipid Accumulation by Improving Lipid Catabolism in the Herbivorous Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella

Table 3

Outcome of high-fat diet supplemented with creatine on growth, feed utilization, survival, and biological characteristics of juvenile grass carp1.

NDHFD

Initial weight (g)
Final weight (g)
Feed conversion ratio
Condition factor (g cm-3)
Viscerosomatic index (%)
Hepatopancreas index (%)
Intraperitoneal fat index (%)
Survival rate (%)

1Distinct symbols represent marked differences (; ANOVA); data shown as , per group. ND: normal diet; HFD: high-fat diet; : HFD supplemented with 1% creatine; : HFD supplemented with 2% creatine.