Growth performance, nutrient digestibility, antioxidant status and metabolic enzyme activity in pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis), fed carbohydrates of different complexities

Table 4 Apparent digestibility coefficient of Etroplus suratensis fed different classes of carbohydrates over a period of 60 days

Attributes	GLU-feed	SUC-feed	DEX-feed	STA-feed	CEL-feed	P value	F value
ADC_d	92.06 ± 0.76^b	92.87 ± 0.55^b	89.06 ± 1.09^a	92.77 ± 0.93^b	85.05 ± 1.52^a	0.020	271.56
ADC_p	92.04 ± 0.25^b	93.14 ± 0.44^b	89.20 ± 0.43^a	93.01 ± 0.28^b	94.96 ± 0.40^bc	0.000	21.718
ADC_l	89.68 ± 0.51^d	86.42 ± 0.57^c	82.67 ± 0.53^b	93.37 ± 0.74^e	60.29 ± 0.54^a	0.000	330.514
ADC_c	98.75 ± 0.78^e	91.72 ± 0.81^d	87.56 ± 1.17^c	82.77 ± 1.68^b	24.79 ± 2.87^a	0.000	2326.32

Results are shown as mean ± SEM. Abbreviations: ADC_d – Apparent digestibility coefficient of dry matter, ADC_p—Apparent digestibility coefficient of protein, ADC_l Apparent digestibility coefficient of lipid, ADC_c Apparent digestibility coefficient of carbohydrate. In the rows, different letters indicate statistical difference at p < 0.05