Effects of Different Aquafeed Sources on Growth Performance, Oxidative Capacity, and Fatty Acid Profile of Three Carps Reared in the Semi-Intensive Composite Culture System

Table 4

Hematology and serum biochemistry of major carp species fed different commercial diets.

Parameter	Specie	Dietary treatments^1								SEM^2	p-Value
		D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
Hematology
WBC (10^6/µL)^3	L. rohita	476.75^d	463.59^d	592.97^a	496.82^c	506.10^c	507.02^c	534.29^b	502.07^c	5.025	0.002
	C. catla	465.64^c	463.42^c	526.77^a	475.62^c	502.97^b	464.75^c	463.98^c	501.40^b	3.801	0.003
	C. carpio	450.66^c	452.84^c	556.26^a	463.20^b	464.75^b	463.25^b	466.52^b	445.34^b	2.542	0.003
RBC (10^6/µL)^4	L. rohita	1.88	1.87	1.91	1.89	2.78	2.68	1.92	1.79	0.952	0.28
	C. catla	1.99	1.92	1.98	1.88	1.96	1.78	1.97	1.99	0.920	0.47
	C. carpio	1.78	1.76	1.85	1.90	1.79	1.86	1.97	1.91	0.132	0.13
Hb (g/dL)^5	L. rohita	8.94	9.15	8.78	9.02	8.94	8.84	9.05	9.07	0.912	0.23
	C. catla	8.83	8.92	9.09	9.01	8.89	8.83	9.00	9.03	0.861	0.12
	C. carpio	9.18	8.99	9.08	9.06	9.02	9.09	8.91	8.90	0.752	0.18
HCT (%)^6	L. rohita	36.25	35.11	39.63	38.64	38.36	38.34	39.26	38.99	0.341	0.12
	C. catla	32.20	32.27	33.54	34.25	33.97	33.59	32.56	32.43	0.730	0.13
	C. carpio	32.36	33.03	33.89	32.98	32.65	32.03	33.12	32.75	0.515	0.26
MCHC (g/dL)^7	L. rohita	26.77	26.26	26.01	26.32	26.72	26.68	26.06	26.40	0.271	0.23
	C. catla	26.69	26.64	25.84	26.35	26.48	26.64	26.41	26.48	0.789	0.25
	C. carpio	26.92	26.41	26.62	26.44	26.25	26.85	26.28	25.93	0.410	0.40
Serum biochemistry
ALP (IU/mL)^8	L. rohita	25.40^b	25.28^b	19.45^c	25.35^b	24.81^b	26.81^a	26.56^a	25.43^b	0.029	0.01
	C. catla	26.24^a	26.22^a	23.32^b	26.43^a	26.12^a	26.82^a	27.03^a	26.24^a	0.542	0.03
	C. carpio	24.18^a	23.92^a	20.73^b	24.17^a	23.95^a	24.12^a	24.29^a	24.00^a	0.431	0.02
AST (IU/mL)^9	L. rohita	74.66^a	73.13^a	64.81^b	73.02^a	72.24^a	71.95^a	73.20^a	72.79^a	0.123	0.04
	C. catla	73.23^a	74.21^a	69.06^b	73.23^a	73.61^a	73.56^a	72.43^a	73.03^a	0.442	0.02
	C. carpio	74.16^a	71.14^a	65.42^b	73.55^a	73.27^a	72.29^a	74.18^a	73.92^a	0.926	0.03
ALT (IU/mL)^10	L. rohita	47.63^a	47.38^a	39.48^b	48.07^a	49.61^a	49.59^a	47.32^a	47.03^a	0.967	0.01
	C. catla	51.51^a	50.23^a	41.65^b	49.23^a	48.16^a	51.01^a	48.42^a	49.56^a	0.790	0.01
	C. carpio	49.79^a	49.62^a	40.04^b	50.28^a	48.82^a	49.80^a	48.26^a	49.58^a	0.836	0.03
Glucose (mg/dL)	L. rohita	5.84	5.77	5.85	5.71	5.88	5.75	5.63	5.82	0.348	0.32
	C. catla	5.72	5.76	5.60	5.85	5.73	5.69	5.61	5.65	0.526	0.09
	C. carpio	5.74	5.87	6.68	5.67	5.73	5.71	5.72	5.71	0.451	0.24

Note. ¹Dietary treatments = (D1–D8) feeds of different sources, ²SEM = standard error of means, ³WBC = white blood cells, ⁴RBC = red blood cells, ⁵Hb = hemoglobin, ⁶HCT = hematocrit, ⁷MCHC = met hematocrit, ⁸ALP = alanine phosphatase, ⁹ALT = alanine transaminase, and ¹⁰AST = aspartate transaminase. ^a−eSuperscripts indicate the significant differences among means within a row.