Table 2 Carcass composition of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss fingerlings fed diets containing varying levels of dietary valine for 8-weeks (mean values of 3 replicates + SEM; n = 3)^*.

78.51 ± 0.47

77.76 ± 0.28^a

76.50 ± 0.22^b

74.49 ± 0.23^c

72.80 ± 0.18^d

72.56 ± 0.19^d

72.10 ± 0.24^e

0.00107

13.51 ± 0.15

12.16 ± 0.08^f

13.42 ± 0.10^e

15.22 ± 0.12^d

17.45 ± 0.14^a

16.64 ± 0.70^b

16.02 ± 0.80^c

0.01346

3.52 ± 0.06

5.34 ± 0.07^f

5.84 ± 0.04^e

6.13 ± 0.07^d

6.56 ± 0.06^c

7.25 ± 0.09^b

7.65 ± 0.08^a

0.00214

2.66 ± 0.05

3.27 ± 0.08^a

2.76 ± 0.06^b

2.34 ± 0.06^c

2.10 ± 0.05^c

2.24 ± 0.05^c

2.30 ± 0.04^c

0.01388