Aquaculture Nutrition

Research Article

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 7

Fatty acid analysis of major carp species fed different commercial diets.


Fatty acids codes	Specie	Dietary treatments¹								SEM²	p-Value
Fatty acids codes	Specie	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	SEM²	p-Value

14 : 00	L. rohita	3.11^b	3.10^b	3.65^a	3.62^a	3.12^b	3.11^b	3.08^c	3.10^b	0.362	0.02
	C. catla	3.12^b	3.13^b	3.52^a	3.46^a	3.14^b	2.99^c	2.98^c	3.19^b	0.442	0.01
	C. carpio	3.23^b	3.25^b	3.45^a	3.38^a	3.23^b	3.22^b	3.14^c	3.24^b	0.326	<0.001
16 : 00	L. rohita	9.24^b	9.22^b	9.37^a	9.35^a	9.23^b	9.22^b	9.10^c	9.22^b	0.434	0.02
	C. catla	9.31^b	9.32^b	9.49^a	9.51^a	9.32^b	9.29^b	9.17^c	9.33^b	0.524	0.03
	C. carpio	9.17^b	9.15^b	9.38^a	9.36^a	9.15^b	9.16^b	9.06^c	9.15^b	0.435	0.03
18 : 00	L. rohita	5.62	5.61	5.64	5.62	5.62	5.64	5.65	5.64	0.841	0.23
	C. catla	5.56	5.55	5.56	5.55	5.54	5.53	5.56	5.55	0.915	0.12
	C. carpio	5.92	5.93	5.91	5.93	5.94	5.92	5.90	5.93	0.965	0.11
18 : 1 (n−9)	L. rohita	11.42	11.42	11.44	11.44	11.45	11.43	11.44	11.45	0.868	0.24
	C. catla	11.63	11.64	11.65	11.63	11.59	11.61	11.62	11.63	0.848	0.13
	C. carpio	11.62	11.58	11.61	11.59	11.60	11.62	11.59	11.58	0.738	0.31
18 : 2 (n−6)	L. rohita	14.53	14.56	14.52	14.53	14.56	14.51	14.55	14.52	0.348	0.09
	C. catla	13.95	13.96	13.89	13.92	13.88	13.92	13.95	13.96	0.957	0.21
	C. carpio	14.56	14.51	14.55	14.53	14.55	14.49	14.52	14.49	0.723	0.16
20 : 4 (n−3)	L. rohita	4.33	4.35	4.35	4.31	4.33	4.32	4.32	4.33	0.786	0.12
	C. catla	4.01	4.01	4.02	4.02	4.05	4.05	4.00	4.06	0.134	0.99
	C. carpio	4.17	4.18	4.19	4.16	4.18	4.16	4.17	4.17	0.516	0.62
22 : 6 (n−3)	L. rohita	15.23	15.26	15.24	15.23	15.23	15.21	15.25	15.28	0.636	0.08
	C. catla	14.62	14.65	14.62	14.65	14.62	14.63	14.62	14.59	0.752	0.10
	C. carpio	15.69	15.72	15.71	15.69	15.72	15.71	15.72	15.71	0.564	0.21

Note. ¹Dietary treatments = (D1–D8) feeds of different sources and ²SEM = standard error of means. ^a−eSuperscripts indicate the significant differences among means within a row.