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.
Items
Dietary ARA levels (g kg-1)
ANOVA
Linear
Quadratic
0.40
2.50
4.60
8.90
12.50
15.70
value
value
value
Hepatopancreas
Moisture
72.56 ± 0.06
72.75 ± 0.10
72.63 ± 0.04
72.66 ± 0.07
72.71 ± 0.09
72.51 ± 0.11
0.390
0.676
0.051
0.282
0.043
Crude protein
11.60 ± 0.12
11.65 ± 0.03
11.52 ± 0.29
11.55 ± 0.14
11.58 ± 0.12
11.53 ± 0.12
0.190
0.349
0.004
0.262
0.052
Crude lipid
d
c
bc
b
b
a
0.000
0.000
0.921
0.000
0.920
Ash
1.52 ± 0.67
1.51 ± 0.48
1.53 ± 0.55
1.60 ± 0.23
1.58 ± 0.41
1.53 ± 0.41
0.737
0.366
0.008
0.512
0.036
Muscle
Moisture
79.53 ± 1.19
79.60 ± 1.55
79.50 ± 1.10
79.61 ± 1.18
79.67 ± 1.50
79.61 ± 1.89
0.960
0.485
0.030
0.790
0.098
Crude protein
16.55 ± 0.62
16.56 ± 0.88
16.58 ± 1.33
16.43 ± 0.58
16.58 ± 0.94
16.63 ± 1.38
0.787
0.656
0.049
0.645
0.069
Crude lipid
e
d
cd
bc
ab
a
0.000
0.000
0.905
0.000
0.943
Ash
2
0.698
0.710
0.053
0.343
0.017
Data are reported as the of three replicates (). Values within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different ().