Table 4 Growth performance of Nile tilapia fed the experimental diets

IW

34.91 ± 1.47

34.36 ± 1.41

34 ± 1.46

-

-

-

FW

61.45 ± 2.35^bc

63.64 ± 2.34^b

72.27 ± 2.39^a

0.792

0.008**

0.038*

BWG

26.54 ± 2.18^bc

29.28 ± 2.32^b

38.27 ± 3.03^a

0.73

0.007**

0.046*

SGR

1.15 ± 0.091^b

1.259 ± 0.09^ab

1.55 ± 0.13^a

0.742

0.032*

0.149

FCR

2.14 ± 0.26^a

1.36 ± 0.13^a

0.76 ± 0.09^b

0.149

 < 0.001***

0.038

K Factor

0.37 ± 0.17^a

0.22 ± 0.048^a

0.13 ± 0.062^a

 > 0.999

0.144

0.174

HSI

2.35 ± 0.26^a

2.93 ± 0.26^a

2.09 ± 0.30^a

0.302

0.789

0.094

SSI

0.17 ± 0.027^a

0.21 ± 0.023^a

0.18 ± 0.021^a

0.441

0.935

0.652