Intermittent feeding induces compensatory growth of juvenile yellow mystus (Hemibagrus nemurus)

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Table 2

Growth performance, organ indices and feed utilization of yellow mystus reared under various cyclical starvation and refeeding cycles.

Parameter	0DPW	1DPW	2DPW	3DPW	4DPW	SEM	P value
Final body weight (g)	13.86^a	11.81^bc	12.27^b	13.04^ab	10.54^c	0.56	0.006
Final total length (cm)	11.99^a	11.33^ab	11.57^ab	11.55^ab	10.80^b	0.19	0.046
Condition factor (CF, g cm⁻³)	0.81	0.81	0.89	0.75	0.83	0.01	0.529
Specific growth rate (SGR, % day⁻¹)	1.51^a	1.22^b	1.24^b	1.19^b	1.02^c	0.08	0.020
Hepatosomatic index (HSI, %)	1.05	1.39	1.36	1.17	1.41	0.07	0.207
Feed intake (FI, g day⁻¹)	1.10^a	1.05^ab	1.15^a	1.16^a	0.83^b	0.06	0.085
Feed conversion ratio (FCR, g feed g gain⁻¹)	1.86	2.25	1.91	1.73	2.12	0.09	0.283
Protein efficiency ratio (PER, g gain g protein⁻¹)	4.05^a	3.40^b	3.95^ab	3.69^ab	3.70^ab	0.11	0.138

Differences between means were tested with Duncan's multiple range test.

Different superscripts in the same row indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).

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