Effects of Dietary Pediococcus acidilactici and Isomaltooligosaccharide on Growth Performance, Immunity, and Antioxidant Defense in Juvenile Common Carp

Table 1

Growth parameters of common carp fed different levels of Pediococcus acidilactici (PA) and isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) after 8 weeks.

	Experimental diets
	Control	PA	IMO5	IMO10	PA-IMO5	PA-IMO10
Initial average weight (g)	^ns
Final average weight (g)	^b	^c	^bc	^a	^d	^b
WG (%)	^bc	^cd	^bc	^a	^d	^b
SGR (%/day)	^b	^bc	^b	^a	^c	^b
FCR	^ab	^ab	^ab	^c	^a	^b
Survival (%)	^ns

Data expressed as . Different letters in each row indicate a significant difference between the experimental groups (, ). WG: weight gain; SGR: specific growth rate; FCR: feed conversion ratio.