WG (%)¹

161 ± 5.7^c

171 ± 2.5^b

181 ± 3.1^a

182 ± 5.7^a

181 ± 6.1^a

FE (%)²

70.9 ± 2.3^b

75.9 ± 3.4^ab

82.0 ± 2.4^a

81.7 ± 2.7^a

79.8 ± 2.9^a

SGR (%/day)³

1.85 ± 0.05^c

1.94 ± 0.02^b

2.00 ± 0.04^a

2.01 ± 0.04^a

2.00 ± 0.05^a

PER⁴

2.03 ± 0.07^a

1.86 ± 0.06^ab

1.48 ± 0.07^b

1.44 ± 0.07^b

1.33 ± 0.05^c

HSI⁵

3.23 ± 0.05^ab

3.32 ± 0.05^a

3.19 ± 0.06^ab

3.08 ± 0.04^b

3.03 ± 0.03^c

CF⁶

2.55 ± 0.06^b

2.71 ± 0.07^ab

2.83 ± 0.09^a

2.81 ± 0.07^a

2.78 ± 0.05^a

PRE (%)⁷

35.1 ± 2.9^a

28.2 ± 3.5^ab

26.3 ± 1.8^b

26.1 ± 2.0^b

23.5 ± 2.3^c

ERE (%)⁸

37.9 ± 3.1^b

43.2 ± 3.5^a

44.9 ± 2.9^a

41.6 ± 28^ab

42.9 ± 2.7^a

Hematocrit (%)

32.4 ± 1.9

29.3 ± 2.9

28.9 ± 3.2

30.4 ± 2.1

31.1 ± 2.8

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

5.9 ± 0.4^b

6.8 ± 0.6^a

7.3 ± 1.0^a

7.1 ± 0.8^a

6.8 ± 0.6^a

Survival rate (%)

98.3 ± 2.9^a

98.3 ± 2.9^a

100^a

100^a

95.0 ± 5.0^b