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 5

Whole-body proximate composition (on g/kg, wet weight basis) and body indices of H. jerdoni juveniles fed diets with graded levels of dietary protein for the experimental period of 60 days.

Parameters	^aTreatments						SEM	values
	TCP20	TCP25	TCP30	TCP35	TCP40	TCP45		Overall	Linear	Quadratic
Moisture	740.80	741.60	741.77	745.73	744.76	744.26	1.82	0.975	0.426	0.712
^bCP	153.17^a	156.50^a	167.70^b	165.07^b	155.80^a	157.49^a	1.49	0.005	0.597	0.013
^cEE	55.50	54.08	52.97	55.61	53.90	52.45	0.75	0.514	0.252	0.520
^dTA	29.85	30.14	29.55	28.02	29.02	30.46	0.33	0.309	0.790	0.256
^eHSI	1.43^b	1.27^b	0.92^a	0.81^a	0.78^a	0.80^a	0.07	0.001	0.000	0.000

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. ^bCP, crude protein. ^cEE, ether extract. ^dTA, total ash. ^eHSI, hepato-somatic index.