Effects of Dietary Sodium Acetate on Growth Performance, Fillet Quality, Plasma Biochemistry, and Immune Function of Juvenile Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)

Table 3

Effects of dietary SA levels on growth performance in T. ovatus.

Parameters	Dietary SA supplement levels
	SA1	SA2	SA3	SA4	SA5	SA6
IBW (g)
FBW (g)	^b	^bc	^cd	^d	^c	^a
WGR (%)	^b	^bc	^cd	^d	^bc	^a
SGR (%/d)	^b	^bc	^cd	^d	^bc	^a
FER
FI (g/fish)	^b	^bc	^c	^d	^bc	^a
VSI (%)
HSI (%)
K (g/cm^3)
Survival (%)

Abbreviation: IBW: initial body weight; FBW: final body weight; WGR: weight gain rate; SGR: specific growth rate; FER: feed efficiency ratio; FI: feed intake; VSI: viscerosomatic index; HSI: hepatosomatic index; : condition factor. Note: different superscripts within rows indicate significant differences ().