Compared to Fishmeal, Dietary Soybean Meal Improves the Reproductive Performance of Female Yellow Catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) Broodstock

Table 5

Feed utilization and morphological parameters of female yellow catfish broodstock fed the experimental diets.

	FM	SBM	RSM
IBW (g)
FBW (g)
FR (%BW/d)
SGR (%/d)
FE (%)	^b	^ab	^a
PRE (%)
LDE (%)	^ab	^b	^a
BL (mm)	^a	^b	^b
CF (g/cm^3)	^b	^ab	^a
HSI (%)	^b	^a	^ab
VSI (%)	^ab	^b	^a
MFI (%)	^b	^a	^a

Values are expressed as ; different letters represent the statistically significant differences (). IBW: initial mean body weight (g); FBW: final mean body weight (g); FR: feeding rate ; SGR: specific growth rate ; FE: feed efficiency ; PRE: protein retention efficiency ; LDE: lipid deposition efficiency ; BL: body length (mm); CF: condition factor ; HSI: hepaticsomatic index ; VSI: viscerosomatic index ; MFI: mesenteric fat index .