Table 3 Carcass composition of Dicentrarchus labrax fingerlings as affected by dietary bentonite.

From: Bentonite-supplemented diets improved fish performance ammonia excretion haemato-biochemical analyses immunity antioxidants and histological characteristics of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax

Carcass composition

Initial

Final

B0.0

B0.5

B1.0

B1.5

B3.0

B4.5

Dry matter, %

33.78 ± 0.17

33.62 ± 0.25

33.20 ± 0.22

33.45 ± 0.22

33.32 ± 0.25

33.88 ± 0.15

33.38 ± 0.17

Protein, %

56.53 ± 0.35

53.9 ± 0.11

53.18 ± 0.27

53.69 ± 0.22

53.57 ± 0.21

53.28 ± 0.18

53.48 ± 0.34

Ether extract, %

26.01 ± 0.18

28.35 ± 0.09ab

28.17 ± 0.15ab

28.77 ± 0.20a

28.32 ± 0.16ab

28.00 ± 0.15b

28.51 ± 0.33ab

Ash, %

16.33 ± 0.22

18.19 ± 0.39a

17.41 ± 0.19b

16.72 ± 030c

17.76 ± 0.07ab

18.29 ± 0.28a

17.64 ± 0.05ab

Carcass-energy, Kcal/100gm

–

567.1 ± 0.75bc

565.9 ± 0.71bc

574.4 ± 2.63a

569.4 ± 0.44abc

564.8 ± 2.47c

570.8 ± 1.38ab

  1. Values are expressed as the mean ± SE. Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences among the treatments (P ≤ 0.05). Where B0 = 0% bentonite, B0.5 = 0.5% bentonite, B1 = 1% bentonite, B1.5 = 1.5% bentonite, B3.0 = 3.0% bentonite, and B4.5 = 4.5% bentonite.
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