Effects of Varying Dietary Protein Levels on Growth Performance, Survival, Body Composition, Haemato-Biochemical Profile, and Metabolic Responses of Hypselobarbus jerdoni (Day, 1870) Juveniles

Table 3

Growth, nutrient utilisation, and percentage survival of H. jerdoni juveniles fed diets containing varying levels of dietary protein for 60 days.

Parameters	^aTreatments						SEM	values
	TCP20	TCP25	TCP30	TCP35	TCP40	TCP45		Overall	Linear	Quadratic
^bIBW	6.18	6.15	6.15	6.14	6.12	6.13	0.01	0.784	0.160	0.345
^cFBW	11.50^b	12.07^c	13.22^e	12.62^d	11.87^c	11.02^a	0.18	0.000	0.342	0.000
^dWG	79.87^b	88.85^c	106.09^e	97.20^d	86.26^c	73.37^a	2.68	0.000	0.387	0.000
^ePWG	86.22^b	96.38^c	114.99^e	105.52^d	94.07^c	79.76^a	2.91	0.000	0.431	0.000
^fFCR	2.69^c	2.39^b	2.21^a	2.30^ab	2.61^c	3.15^d	0.08	0.000	0.048	0.000
^gSGR	1.03^a	1.13^b	1.28^d	1.20^c	1.10^b	0.98^a	0.02	0.000	0.430	0.000
^hPER	3.99^e	3.55^d	3.54^d	2.78^c	2.16^b	1.63^a	0.20	0.000	0.000	0.000
^iFER	0.37^b	0.42^c	0.45^d	0.43^c	0.38^b	0.32^a	0.01	0.000	0.091	0.000
Survival (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	—	—	—	—

Mean values (n = 3) in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (). ^aTreatment groups having graded levels of protein, i.e., TCP20, 200 g/kg protein; TCP25, 250 g/kg protein; TCP30, 300 g/kg protein; TCP35, 350 g/kg protein; TCP40, 400 g/kg protein; TCP45, 450 g/kg protein. ^bIBW, initial body weight. ^cFBW, final body weight. ^dWG, weight gain. ^ePWG, percentage weight gain. ^fFCR, feed conversion ratio. ^gSGR, specific growth rate. ^hPER, protein efficiency ratio. ⁱFER, feed efficiency ratio.