High Levels of Vitamin A in Plant-Based Diets for Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles, Effects on Growth, Skeletal Anomalies, Bone Molecular Markers, and Histological Morphology

Table 4

Liver retinol contents and muscle composition (dry weight) (%) of gilthead seabream fed increasing contents of vitamin A for 70 days.

Vitamin A (IU/kg)	24,000	26,000	27,000	31,000	37,000
Liver retinol (mg/kg)	98.9 ± 19.8	113.1 ± 22.6	87.5 ± 17.5	112.0 ± 22.4	120.3 ± 24.1
Muscle lipids (d.w.) (%)	13.9 ± 1.0	14.1 ± 1.3	14.7 ± 1.8	15.4 ± 0.7	11.9 ± 0.6
Muscle ash (d.w.) (%)	1.5 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.0	1.6 ± 0.0	1.5 ± 0.0	1.5 ± 0.0
Muscle protein (d.w.) (%)	21.0 ± 0.3	20.9 ± 0.2	20.5 ± 0.5	21.0 ± 0.1	20.6 ± 0.1