Effects of Partial Substitution of Fish Meal by Soybean Meal with or without Heat-Killed Lactobacillus plantarum (LP20) on Growth Performance, Digestibility, and Immune Response of Amberjack, Seriola dumerili Juveniles

Table 3

Growth parameters and nutrient utilization in amberjack fed test diets for 56 days^*.

Parameters	Soybean meal (SBM) replacement, % (HK-LP Prep., %)
	SBM0	SBM15	SBM15(0.1)	SBM30	SBM30(0.1)	SBM45	SBM45(0.1)
Fn wt^1	136.6 ± 2.8^b	136 ± 3.06^b	136.7 ± 2.78^b	136.9 ± 3.11^b	149.2 ± 2.36^c	101.7 ± 1.31^a	105.8 ± 1.29^a
WG^2	445.1 ± 11.5^b	443.8 ± 11.94^b	446.4 ± 11.21^b	446.8 ± 12.72^b	494.1 ± 8.52^c	304.8 ± 5.78^a	320.95 ± 6.06^a
SGR^3	3.03 ± 0.04^c	3.02 ± 0.04^c	3.03 ± 0.04^c	3.04 ± 0.04^c	3.18 ± 0.03^d	2.49 ± 0.03^a	2.57 ± 0.02^b
FI^4	120.62 ± 3.06^b	118.68 ± 3.19^b	120.63 ± 1.56^b	119.58 ± 2.39^b	130.27 ± 2.6^c	88.2 ± 4.24^a	90.33 ± 2.68^a
FER^5	0.93 ± 0.03	0.94 ± 0.04	0.93 ± 0.02	0.94 ± 0.02	0.95 ± 0.03	0.87 ± 0.03	0.89 ± 0.03
PER^6	1.82 ± 0.06	1.86 ± 0.08	1.83 ± 0.05	1.85 ± 0.04	1.87 ± 0.06	1.7 ± 0.06	1.76 ± 0.05
PG^7	203.65 ± 1.88^b	204.38 ± 5.08^b	207.05 ± 3.69^b	200.92 ± 1.22^b	206.85 ± 2.01^b	179.9 ± 1.64^a	183.17 ± 0.2^a
PR^8	124.76 ± 2.57^b	122.67 ± 6.1^b	126.49 ± 2.19^b	121.12 ± 3.55^b	137.17 ± 1.93^c	81.32 ± 3.26^a	84.07 ± 2.29^a
Sur^9	100	95	100	100	100	90	93.33

Values are means of triplicate groups ± S.E.M. Within a row, means with different letters are significantly different (); means with the same letters are not significantly different (). Absence of letters indicates no significant difference between treatments.
Average initial body weight; means ± S.E.M., 25.05 ± 0.1 g.
¹Fn wt: final weight (g), ²WG: percent weight gain (%), ³SGR: specific growth rate (% day⁻¹), ⁴FI: feed intake (g dry diet fish⁻¹ 56 days⁻¹), ⁵FER: feed efficiency ratio, ⁶PER: protein efficiency ratio, ⁷PG: protein gain (g kg body weight gain⁻¹), ⁸PR: protein retention (% of intake), and ⁹Sur: survival (%).