Effects of Dietary Arginine Level on Growth Performance and Immune Response in Monopterus albus

Table 6

Effects of dietary arginine level on serum growth and immune indices in rice filed eel (Monopterus albus).

Diets (Arg%)	Diet1	Diet2	Diet3	Diet4	Diet5	Diet6
	2.03	2.58	3.16	3.63	4.24	4.88
GH (U/mgprot)	2.93 ± 0.41	3.43 ± 0.65	3.28 ± 0.44	2.97 ± 0.34	3.04 ± 0.31	3.14 ± 0.40	0.565
INS (mIU/L)	19.59 ± 6.02	14.4 ± 1.62	18.59 ± 2.86	17.82 ± 3.01	21.67 ± 5.21	18.62 ± 4.41	0.295
NO (μmol/L)	8.22 ± 3.9	7.05 ± 5.28	10.5 ± 3.31	8.44 ± 3.31	7.84 ± 0.76	9.21 ± 2.42	0.760
TNOS (μmol/L)	16.91 ± 2.46	16.26 ± 2.57	17.67 ± 2.65	17.32 ± 2.58	15.75 ± 2.8	19.48 ± 3.88	0.545
LZM (U/mL)	758.93 ± 331.68^b	1625.00 ± 626.44^a	1187.5 ± 605.65^ab	794.64 ± 287.75^b	651.79 ± 60.99^b	821.43 ± 445.11^b	0.048
C3 (μg/m)	271.12 ± 44.08^b	402.91 ± 31.18^a	371.16 ± 50.73^ab	295.49 ± 27.15^b	253.97 ± 11.01^b	301.03 ± 44.78^b	0.02

Note. Values are means ± SD of three replications. Means in the same raw with different superscripts are significantly different (). GH: growth Hormone; INS: insulin; NO: nitric oxide; TNOS: total nitric oxide synthase; LZM: lysozyme; C3: complement C3.