72 Safina Musa, Christopher Mulanda Aura and Rodrick Kundu
The correlation between growth and blood parameters is shown in Table- A negative correlation was observed between WG% and blood parameters
such as TG, CHOL and GLU while a positive correlation between it and ATP.
Apart from TG, all the correlation between WG% and blood parameters was
significant and the highest was observed between it and CHOL. The trend of
correlation between FBW and blood parameters was similar to the correlation
that existed between WG% and blood parameters. A negative correlation
occurred between SGR and plasma TG and TP and the correlation was
significant between it and TP but not TG. A positive correlation occurred
between SGR and plasma CHOL and GLU and they were all significant. A
positive correlation occurred between FI and plasma TG and TP while a
negative correlation occurred between it and plasma CHOL and GLU. The
highest correlation was observed between FI and TP than CHOL.
Figure 2. Mean body weight (±SEM) of fish reared under different levels of protein,
lipid and feeding levels.