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Table 1 Carcass composition of juvenile Chinemys reevesii at 0- and 13-weeks

From: Compensatory growth responses to food restriction in the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle, Chinemys reevesii

Group

N

Body wet mass (g)

Dry mass (g)

Water content (%)

Lipid content (%)

Protein content (%)

0-week turtles

10

5.46 ± 0.18c

1.31 ± 0.05c

75.7 ± 1.4

11.2 ± 0.6a

7.8 ± 0.6

AL

13

9.82 ± 0.56a

2.39 ± 0.12a

75.5 ± 0.5

10.5 ± 0.6a

7.6 ± 0.4

AL-R

13

8.37 ± 0.54ab

1.86 ± 0.22bc

77.5 ± 2.7

8.2 ± 0.7b

8.2 ± 0.6

R-AL

12

9.70 ± 0.35a

2.22 ± 0.13ab

77.1 ± 1.1

9.9 ± 0.7ab

8.7 ± 0.3

R

13

7.36 ± 0.18b

1.68 ± 0.04c

77.1 ± 0.3

8.0 ± 0.5b

7.0 ± 0.4

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SE. Means with different lettered superscripts differ significantly (Tukey’s post hoc test, a > b > c).