Dietary Alpha-Monolaurin for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): Stimulatory Effects on Growth, Immunohematological Indices, and Immune-Related Gene Expressions

Table 8

Hormonal parameters of Nile tilapia fed different levels of alpha-monolaurin.

Items	Experimental treatments				±SE	value
	Control	2 g kg^−1	4 g kg^−1	6 g kg^−1
T4 thyroxine (ng dL^−1)	0.80^b	0.94^b	1.355^a	1.42^a	0.0853	0.0161
T3 triiodothyronine (ng dL^−1)	7.90^b	10.8^ab	12.95^a	13.45^a	0.8477	0.0305
GH growth hormone (ng dL^−1)	1.58^c	2.04^bc	2.465^ab	2.65^a	0.1312	0.0153

Means followed by different superscripts in the same row are significantly different ( < 0.05).