Evaluation of Six Selected Commercial Fermented Soybean Meal by Feeding Juvenile Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.)

Table 7

Pearson’s correlation test between growth parameters and fermented soybean meal components.

Growth parameters	Fermented soybean meal components
SGR^1	Crude lipid	-0.583	ns^3
	Crude protein	0.845	<0.05
	Ash	0.562	ns
	Water-soluble protein	0.863	<0.05
	TCA-soluble protein^1	0.856	<0.05
	Total calcium	0.846	<0.05
	Total phosphorus	0.961	<0.05
	Trypsin inhibitor	-0.928	<0.05
	Glycinin	-0.295	ns
	β-Conglycinin	-0.108	ns
PER^1	Crude lipid	-0.725	ns
	Crude protein	0.676	ns
	Ash	0.171	ns
	Water-soluble protein	0.864	<0.05
	TCA-soluble protein	0.824	<0.05
	Total calcium	0.607	ns
	Total phosphorus	0.824	<0.05
	Trypsin inhibitor	-0.886	<0.05
	Glycinin	-0.056	ns
	β-Conglycinin	-0.462	ns
PR^1	Crude lipid	-0.673	ns
	Crude protein	0.674	ns
	Ash	0.086	ns
	Water-soluble protein	0.885	<0.05
	TCA-soluble protein	0.849	<0.05
	Total calcium	0.552	ns
	Total phosphorus	0.805	ns
	Trypsin inhibitor	-0.884	<0.05
	Glycinin	-0.061	ns
	β-Conglycinin	-0.554	ns

¹SGR: specific growth rate; PER: protein efficiency ratio; PR: protein retention; TCA-soluble protein: ratio of the protein extracted by 15% trichloroacetic acid to the total crude protein. ²: correlation index; : test statistic (significant, ). ³ns: not significant.