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

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Table 3

Carcass compositions and muscle quality of yellow mystus reared under various cyclical starvation and refeeding cycles.

Parameter	0DPW	1DPW	2DPW	3DPW	4DPW	SEM	P value
Carcass composition (% of wet weight)
Moisture	73.72	73.34	73.48	74.46	74.46	0.24	0.700
Crude protein	13.85	11.04	13.03	13.07	14.59	0.59	0.352
Crude lipid	3.84	4.88	4.01	3.60	4.05	0.22	0.473
Crude ash	5.05	5.21	4.39	5.02	4.46	0.17	0.397
Lipid/LBM	0.20	0.24	0.23	0.21	0.22	<0.01	0.899

Muscle quality (wet weight basis)
RNA (µg g⁻¹)	574.93	593.26	457.65	536.15	565.94	23.84	0.268
Protein (mg g⁻¹)	209.80	211.92	241.97	236.05	226.96	6.38	0.267
RNA/protein ratio (µg mg⁻¹)	2.77^ab	3.20^a	2.34^b	2.37^b	2.74^ab	0.16	0.061
ΔH_Myosin (J g⁻¹)	0.18	0.21	0.17	0.16	0.16	<0.01	0.515
ΔH_Actin (J g⁻¹)	0.34	0.39	0.34	0.38	0.40	0.01	0.819
ΔH_Sarcoplamic (J g⁻¹)	0.43^ab	0.64^a	0.45^ab	0.51^ab	0.41^b	0.04	0.144

Lipid/LBM is the ratio of lipids to the sum of protein and ash.

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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