Research Article

Effects of Dietary Fish Meal Replacement with Composite Mixture of Chicken Meal, Krill Meal, and Plant Proteins on Growth, Physiological Metabolism, and Intestinal Microbiota of Chinese Perch (Siniperca chuatsi)

Table 3

Effect of dietary fish meal replacement with protein mixtures on the growth performance in Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi).

ItemsDiets
Control (D1)27.27% (D2)54.55% (D3)

Initial body weight, IBW (g)46.33 ± 2.0845.67 ± 3.5146.33 ± 2.52
Final body weight, FBW (g)102.12 ± 9.70b96.64 ± 2.31ab85.48 ± 5.19a
Percent weight gain, WGR (%)120.14 ± 12.67b112.21 ± 11.45b84.46 ± 3.44a
Special growth rate, SGR (%)1.41 ± 0.10b1.34 ± 0.10b1.09 ± 0.10a
Feed conversion rate, FCR1.21 ± 0.16a1.31 ± 0.03a1.61 ± 0.03b
Feed intake, FI (g/100 g/days)1.61 ± 0.121.67 ± 0.071.71 ± 0.08
Survival rate, SR (%)95.56 ± 5.0994.44 ± 1.9293.33 ± 3.33
Hepatosomatic index, HSI (%)1.57 ± 0.141.46 ± 0.141.38 ± 0.15
Viscerosomatic index, VSI (%)9.16 ± 0.288.91 ± 0.768.51 ± 0.66
Condition factor, CF (%)3.14 ± 0.293.01 ± 0.172.93 ± 0.29

Notes. Values in the same row with different superscripts show significant difference ().