Dietary Cholesterol Requirements of Large Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

Table 3

Effects of dietary cholesterol level on the proximate composition of P. clarkii.

Dietary cholesterollevel (g/kg)	Whole body				Muscle				Hepatopancreas
	Moisture	Crude protein	Crude lipid	Ash	Moisture	Crude protein	Crude lipid	Ash	Moisture	Crude lipid
2.47 (C0)	709.84 ± 18.47	120.15 ± 4.09^ab	33.62 ± 0.17^e	62.36 ± 7.62	791.18 ± 1.34	173.28 ± 3.55^a	20.56 ± 0.30^e	13.42 ± 0.12	571.33 ± 30.43	298.29 ± 17.81^a
4.27 (C1)	707.38 ± 11.65	121.22 ± 6.66^ab	32.33 ± 0.27^d	63.92 ± 3.30	791.12 ± 2.96	175.21 ± 1.92^a	19.71 ± 0.11^d	13.60 ± 0.20	553.20 ± 75.71	313.50 ± 14.99^ab
6.80 (C2)	709.53 ± 17.35	127.58 ± 5.54^b	28.44 ± 0.50^b	61.65 ± 2.53	793.40 ± 8.20	174.80 ± 3.36^a	17.52 ± 0.13^b	13.47 ± 0.27	546.3 ± 53.92	313.28 ± 11.62^ab
8.77 (C3)	716.56 ± 13.13	118.69 ± 5.70^ab	27.11 ± 0.19^a	63.17 ± 4.93	787.97 ± 3.62	176.20 ± 3.42^a	15.84 ± 0.10^a	13.67 ± 0.90	552.83 ± 36.50	319.62 ± 18.49^abc
11.74 (C4)	715.09 ± 18.65	117.09 ± 4.67^a	29.69 ± 0.71^c	61.25 ± 1.60	788.30 ± 3.25	177.83 ± 2.04^a	18.74 ± 0.27^c	13.76 ± 0.65	554.57 ± 20.88	339.45 ± 9.18^bc
14.24 (C5)	710.19 ± 8.82	112.88 ± 7.08^a	31.60 ± 0.40^d	62.10 ± 3.02	782.63 ± 4.08	184.57 ± 3.38^b	19.38 ± 0.15^d	13.82 ± 0.51	525.90 ± 21.23	354.35 ± 6.08^c
ANOVA
P value	1.00	0.004	0.001	0.973	0.128	0.001	0.001	0.915	0.884	0.001
Regression (n = 3)
Linear
Adj. R^2	−0.061	0.154	0.093	−0.049	0.261	0.49	0.033	0.028	0.017	0.104
P value	0.869	0.01	0.081	0.65	0.018	0.001	0.195	0.24	0.272	0.014
Quadratic
Adj. R^2	−0.129	0.257	0.874	−0.118	0.33	0.566	0.763	−0.036	−0.048	0.135
P value	0.973	0.003	0.001	0.905	0.019	0.001	0.001	0.509	0.556	0.001

Note: Values represent mean ± SD. Different letters in the same row indicate a significant difference between groups ().