Table 3. Growth performance and survival of Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) post-larvae (initial mean body weight and length were 2.50 ± 0.01 mg and 0.90 ± 0.01 cm, respectively) fed Artemia nauplii enriched with different levels of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) for 14 days

Diets	FBW1)	WG2)	LG3)	SGR4)	Survival (%)
Con	27.9 ± 0.09c	1,016 ± 34.6c	83.6 ± 2.21c	17.2 ± 0.22c	90.3 ± 5.69
PHB25	34.7 ± 0.19a	1,287 ± 75.0a	93.8 ± 1.07a	18.8 ± 0.39a	89.3 ± 2.31
PHB50	31.4 ± 0.04b	1,155 ± 15.5b	89.1 ± 0.87b	18.1 ± 0.09b	91.3 ± 3.79
p-value	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.001	0.815

The Artemia nauplii was enriched with different levels of PHB by 0, 0.25 and 0.5% (designated as Con, PHB25 and PHB50, respectively).
Values (mean ± SD) are average of triplicates (n = 3). Values with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).
Final body weight (mg).
Weight gain (%) = [(Final body weight – Initial body weight) / Initial body weight] × 100.
Length gain (%) = [(Final body length – Initial body length) / Initial body length] × 100.
Specific growth rate (%) = [(Log_e final body weight – Log_e initial body weight) / days] × 100.