Research Article

Dietary Oryzanol (Ory) Improved the Survival and Growth of Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) Larvae via Promoting Activities of Digestive Enzymes, Antioxidant Capacity, and Lipid Metabolism

Table 3

Effects of supplementation of Oryzanol on survival and growth performance of large yellow croaker larvae (means ± SEM, n = 3)1.

ParametersDiets (Ory supplementation level, mg/kg)
Diet1 (0)Diet2 (20)Diet3 (40)Diet4 (80)

Initial body length (IBL, mm)6.23 ± 0.986.23 ± 0.986.23 ± 0.986.23 ± 0.98
Initial body weight (IBW, mg)11.87 ± 0.5911.87 ± 0.5911.87 ± 0.5911.87 ± 0.59
Final body length (FBL, mm)21.25 ± 0.4821.90 ± 0.0621.22 ± 0.4621.97 ± 0.50
Final body weight (FBW, mg)171.33 ± 14.44b193.67 ± 7.86ab192.00 ± 7.00ab223.67 ± 6.36a
Specific growth rate(SGR %/day)8.88 ± 0.27b9.30 ± 0.13ab9.27 ± 0.12ab9.78 ± 0.96a
Survival rate(SR %)14.31 ± 2.02b20.73 ± 1.00ab27.64 ± 3.25a25.56 ± 2.73a

1Data are presented as means ± SEM. Means in each row sharing the same superscript letter or absence of superscripts are not significantly different decided by one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey HSD test (). SEM, standard error of means.