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 6

Effects of FM replacement with SM on serum lipid profiles and transaminases of juvenile large yellow croaker.

ParametersExperimental dietsPolynomial contrasts
FMSM15SM30SM45LinearQuadratic

TG (mmol/L)3.37 ± 0.761.42 ± 0.136.11 ± 0.622.4 ± 0.090.0040.219
TCHO (mmol/L)2.49 ± 0.253.33 ± 0.332.07 ± 0.103.23 ± 0.610.7280.459
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.08 ± 0.101.08 ± 0.070.92 ± 0.161.8 ± 0.080.0010.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)0.73 ± 0.111.44 ± 0.100.69 ± 0.091.28 ± 0.190.1460.628
ALT (U/L)30.51 ± 1.6385.05 ± 22.8550.19 ± 3.6849.34 ± 12.620.5440.007
AST (U/L)34.03 ± 10.68170.05 ± 20.0937.76 ± 1.7738.87 ± 3.400.0040.001

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). TG, total triglyceride; TCHO, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase.