Research Article

Dietary Sodium Butyrate Changed Intestinal Histology and Microbiota of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), but Did Not Promote Growth and Nutrient Utilization

Table 2

Effect of dietary sodium butyrate on the growth performance of rainbow trout.

ItemsNaB supplementation in high fishmeal diet g/kgNaB supplementation in low fishmeal diet g/kgTwo-way ANOVA
0.01.02.00.01.02.0

IBW/g
FBW/gaababcbccbc
WG/%aabab0bccbc
FCRaababcbccbc
SR/%
K/(g/cm3)
VSI/%
HSI/%

IBW: initial body weight; FBW: final body weight; WG: weight gain; FCR: feed conversion ratio; SR: survival ratio; condition factor; VSI: viscerosomatic index; HSI: hepatosomatic index. In the same row, values without letter or with the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (), while with different small letter superscripts mean significant difference (). : dietary fishmeal level; : sodium butyrate level. The same as the following tables.