Research Article

An Evaluation of Replacing Fish Meal with Fermented Soybean Meal in Diet of Hybrid Snakehead (Channa argus × Channa maculata): Growth, Nutrient Utilization, Serum Biochemical Indices, Intestinal Histology, and Microbial Community

Table 5

Effect of fermented soybean meal substituting fish meal on nutrient utilization of hybrid snakehead.

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PR (%)aabbb

ADCDM: the apparent digestibility coefficient of dry matter; ADCCP: the apparent digestibility coefficient of crude protein; PER: protein efficiency rate; PR: protein retention. In the same row, values with different letter superscripts indicate significant differences ().