Table 3. Growth performance, feed utilization, morphological index, and survival of juvenile snubnose pompano fed different dietary vitamin E levels for 10 weeks
| Dietary vitamin E content (mg/kg) |
2.31 | 117.25 | 189.03 | 382.1 | 758.54 | 1,437.32 |
FW (g) | 41.58 ± 0.45a | 48.63 ± 0.66c | 50.81 ± 1.15c | 45.35 ± 0.94b | 44.48 ± 0.41b | 42.75 ± 0.75ab |
WG (%) | 696.49 ± 8.53a | 831.67 ± 12.62c | 873.28 ± 21.96c | 768.81 ± 18.00b | 752.11 ± 7.84b | 718.96 ± 14.33ab |
SGRW (%/day) | 2.77 ± 0.014a | 2.98 ± 0.018d | 3.03 ± 0.030d | 2.88 ± 0.028c | 2.86 ± 0.012bc | 2.80 ± 0.023ab |
FCR | 1.48 ± 0.05c | 1.24 ± 0.05ab | 1.18 ± 0.08a | 1.35 ± 0.09abc | 1.37 ± 0.05abc | 1.43 ± 0.04bc |
PER | 1.44 ± 0.05a | 1.72 ± 0.06bc | 1.81 ± 0.12c | 1.60 ± 0.10abc | 1.56 ± 0.05abc | 1.49 ± 0.04ab |
VSI (%) | 8.07 ± 0.93 | 8.82 ± 0.52 | 9.49 ± 0.20 | 9.18 ± 0.21 | 9.55 ± 0.46 | 8.90 ± 0.16 |
HSI (%) | 1.54 ± 0.12b | 1.38 ± 0.04ab | 1.48 ± 0.14ab | 1.15 ± 0.12a | 1.33 ± 0.12ab | 1.34 ± 0.1ab |
SR (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Data represent mean ± SE.
Values in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).
FW, final weight; WG, percent weight gain; SGRW, specific growth rate; FCR, feed conversion ratio; PER, protein efficiency ratio; VSI, viscerosomatic index; HSI, hepatosomatic index; SR, survival rate.