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Table 2 Biometrical results obtained on gilthead sea breams in the 12 week feeding trial

From: Impact of three commercial feed formulations on farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata, L.) metabolism as inferred from liver and blood serum proteomics

 

Feed A

Feed B

Feed C

IW (g)

268.54 ± 27.04

294.82 ± 28.05

276.61 ± 46.14

FW (g)

376.43 ± 45.09a

416.01 ± 47.65b

373.17 ± 55.28a

AWG (g)

107.89 ± 7.71b

121.19 ± 5.17a

96.56 ± 7.21b

LSI (%)

1.00 ± 0.17a

0.86 ± 0.11b

0.96 ± 0.11a

  1. Values are reported as means ± S.E. (number of fish analyzed n = 45/feed for IW, FW, and AWG; n = 9/feed for LSI); a, b, and c indicate statistically different values (p < 0.05, Student's t-test). IW: initial weight; FW: final weight; AWG: average weight gain; LSI: liver somatic index.