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 6

Haematological indices of H. jerdoni juveniles fed diets containing varying levels of dietary protein for the experimental period of 60 days.

Parameters	^aTreatments						SEM	values
	TCP20	TCP25	TCP30	TCP35	TCP40	TCP45		Overall	Linear	Quadratic
^bHb (g/dl)	3.23	3.33	3.40	3.56	3.53	3.55	0.06	0.471	0.032	0.092
^cRBC (×10^6/μl)	0.75^a	0.79^ab	0.90^c	0.91^c	0.83^b	0.84^b	0.02	0.001	0.088	0.002
^dWBC (×10^3/μl)	23.60	24.99	25.27	24.66	25.24	24.89	0.33	0.768	0.343	0.395
^eHCT (%)	12.33^a	12.97^a	16.23^c	16.34^c	14.93^b	14.90^b	0.39	0.000	0.014	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. ^bHb, haemoglobin. ^cRBC, red blood cell. ^dWBC, white blood cell. ^eHct, haematocrit.