Table 3 Body weights, weight gains and diet intake of rats fed diets with either soybean oil or salmon oil with various vitamin E concentrations (25, 250 or 2500Â mg/kg)
Oil | Soybean oil | Soybean oil | Soybean oil | Salmon oil | Salmon oil | Salmon oil | ANOVA (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vitamin E (mg/kg) | 25 | 250 | 2500 | 25 | 250 | 2500 | Vitamin E | Oil | Vitamin E x oil |
Initial weight (g) | 314 ± 16 | 314 ± 15 | 313 ± 14 | 314 ± 14 | 313 ± 14 | 314 ± 14 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.99 |
Final weight (g) | 428 ± 25 | 435 ± 22 | 434 ± 26 | 442 ± 21 | 438 ± 26 | 440 ± 19 | 0.96 | 0.18 | 0.71 |
Body weight gain (g/d) | 114 ± 22 | 122 ± 13 | 120 ± 17 | 128 ± 13 | 124 ± 18 | 126 ± 14 | 0.91 | 0.058 | 0.50 |
Diet intake (g/d) | 24.0 ± 1.3 | 24.6 ± 1.4 | 24.9 ± 1.3 | 25.7 ± 0.9 | 25.1 ± 1.5 | 25.2 ± 1.7 | 0.82 | 0.008 | 0.18 |
Feed/gain ratio (g/g) | 5.9 ± 1.6 | 5.5 ± 0.5 | 5.7 ± 0.7 | 5.5 ± 0.6 | 5.5 ± 0.5 | 5.4 ± 0.4 | 0.71 | 0.25 | 0.60 |