Effects of Low or High Dosages of Dietary Sodium Butyrate on the Growth and Health of the Liver and Intestine of Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides

Table 3

Effects of two dosages of sodium butyrate on the growth performance of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides.

Item	CON	SB2	SB20
Initial body weight (g/fish)	^a	^a	^a
Finial body weight (g/fish)	^a	^a	^a
Weight gain rate (%)	^a	^a	^a
Specific growth rate (%/d)	^a	^a	^a
Feed intake (g/fish)	^b	^b	^a
Feed intake rate (%/d)	^a	^a	^a
Feed conversion rate	^a	^a	^a
Condition factor (%)	^a	^a	^a
Hepatosomatic index (%)	^a	^a	^a

Note: different superscripts in the same row of data indicate significant differences (, ).