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 7

Haemato-biochemical parameters of H. jerdoni juveniles fed diets containing varying levels of dietary protein for the experimental period of 60 days.

Parameters	Treatments						SEM	values
	TCP20	TCP25	TCP30	TCP35	TCP40	TCP45		Overall	Linear	Quadratic
Serum total protein (g/dl)	4.37^a	4.51^a	5.06^b	5.07^b	5.09^b	4.99^b	0.08	0.000	0.000	0.000
Albumin (g/dl)	1.89^a	1.90^a	2.12^b	2.09^b	2.08^b	2.05^b	0.03	0.005	0.009	0.002
Globulin (g/dl)	2.47^a	2.60^b	2.94^c	2.99^c	3.01^c	2.94^c	0.05	0.000	0.000	0.000
^bA/G	0.77^b	0.73^ab	0.72^ab	0.69^a	0.69^a	0.70^a	0.01	0.003	0.003	0.003

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. ^bA/G, albumin-to-globulin ratio.