Research Article

Alteration of Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, Tissue Fatty Acid Profiles, and Lipid Metabolism of Mud Crab (Scylla paramamosain) Juvenile in Response to Different Dietary Arachidonic Acid Levels

Table 4

Proximate compositions (%, wet weight) of hepatopancreas and muscle in juvenile mud crab Scylla paramamosain fed with different dietary ARA levels.

ItemsDietary ARA levels (g kg-1)ANOVALinearQuadratic
0.402.504.608.9012.5015.70 value valuevalue

Hepatopancreas
Moisture72.56 ± 0.0672.75 ± 0.1072.63 ± 0.0472.66 ± 0.0772.71 ± 0.0972.51 ± 0.110.3900.6760.0510.2820.043
Crude protein11.60 ± 0.1211.65 ± 0.0311.52 ± 0.2911.55 ± 0.1411.58 ± 0.1211.53 ± 0.120.1900.3490.0040.2620.052
Crude lipiddcbcbba0.0000.0000.9210.0000.920
Ash1.52 ± 0.671.51 ± 0.481.53 ± 0.551.60 ± 0.231.58 ± 0.411.53 ± 0.410.7370.3660.0080.5120.036
Muscle
Moisture79.53 ± 1.1979.60 ± 1.5579.50 ± 1.1079.61 ± 1.1879.67 ± 1.5079.61 ± 1.890.9600.4850.0300.7900.098
Crude protein16.55 ± 0.6216.56 ± 0.8816.58 ± 1.3316.43 ± 0.5816.58 ± 0.9416.63 ± 1.380.7870.6560.0490.6450.069
Crude lipidedcdbcaba0.0000.0000.9050.0000.943
Ash20.6980.7100.0530.3430.017

Data are reported as the of three replicates (). Values within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different ().