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Table 1 Fish growth performance during Phase III (growth trial, 63—105 dof)

From: Impact of early-life rearing history on gut microbiome succession and performance of Nile tilapia

System

FTS

BFS

SEM

P value

Diet

M-NSP

H-NSP

M-NSP

H-NSP

 

S

D

S*D

BWi (g)

7.2

7.1

7.5

7.5

0.19

ns

na

na

BWf (g)

34.2b

30.8a

34.9b

31.3a

0.36

ns

**

ns

FI (g DM d−1)

0.76

0.74

0.76

0.74

0.000

ns

ns

ns

Growth (g d−1)

0.66b

0.58a

0.67b

0.58a

0.005

ns

***

ns

FCR

1.16a

1.27b

1.14a

1.27b

0.01

ns

***

ns

SGR (% BW d−1)

3.8b

3.6a

3.8b

3.5a

0.04

ns

*

ns

Survival (%)

100

97

100

100

0.83

ns

ns

ns

  1. FTS flow-through system, BFS biofloc system, M-NSP moderate NSP diet, H-NSP high-NSP diet, BWi initial body weight, BWf final body weight, FI feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio, SGR specific growth rate, ns not significant, na not applied, S larval rearing system in Phase I, D diet type in Phase III. Different superscript letters within a row indicate statistical significance
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001