Environmental amelioration in biofloc based rearing system of white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in West Bengal, India

Special Issue - Ecological intensification: A new paragon for sustainable aquaculture

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Table 4

Proximate composition (% dry matter basis) of biofloc in different pond treatments (mean ± standard error; n = 3).

Parameter (%)	B	NB
Moisture	51.37 ± 0.09^a	53.18 ± 0.05^b
Crude protein	19.63 ± 1.03^b	18.75 ± 0.74^a
Ether extract	0.56 ± 0.02^b	0.53 ± 0.02^a
Carbohydrate	23.02 ± 0.72^b	22.00 ± 0.67^a
Ash	5.39 ± 1.57	5.52 ± 1.01
NFE	51.4	53.2
DE (kcal 100 g⁻¹)	289.16	292.57
P: E (mg protein. kcal DE⁻¹)	6.78	6.41

^{a, b, c} Means superscripted with different letters in rows are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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