Research Article

Effects of Dietary Fishmeal Replacement with Soybean Meal on Growth Performance, Digestion, Hepatic Metabolism, Antioxidant Capacity, and Innate Immunity of Juvenile Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

Table 4

Effects of FM replacement with SM on body composition of juvenile large yellow croaker.

Whole-body (%)Experimental dietsPolynomial contrasts
FMLinearQuadraticSM45LinearQuadratic

Protein12.10 ± 1.1710.79 ± 1.4411.95 ± 0.8611.26 ± 0.580.5360.647
Lipid5.11 ± 0.864.96 ± 1.034.45 ± 0.514.86 ± 0.850.4970.944
Moisture80.78 ± 0.9381.12 ± 1.2481.75 ± 0.3582.31 ± 1.460.5610.419

Linear = P value of linear trend analyzed by orthogonal polynomial contrasts; Quadratic = P value of quadratic trend analyzed by orthogonal polynomial contrasts (means ± S.E.M, n = 3).