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Table 2 Tadpole growth performance, survival, mortality, feed utilization, and metamorphosis rate fed three different types of feed (duckweed, pawpaw leaf, and Coppens fish feed)

From: Evaluation of three artificial diets in the culture of tropical edible frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) from tadpole stage to full metamorphosis

Parameter

Duckweed

Pawpaw leaf

Coppens fish feed

Initial mean weight (g)

1.90

1.90

1.90

Final mean weight (g)

17.20

16.60

15.50

Mean weight gained (g)

15.30

14.70

13.60

Percentage weight gained (%)

805.26

773.68

715.79

Specific growth rate

0.86

0.84

0.81

Feed intake

21.28

20.62

19.46

Protein intake

5.49

4.38

5.1

Feed conversion ratio

1.38

1.40

1.42

Protein efficiency ratio

1.78

1.76

1.67

Mortality

2

3

3

Mortality percentage (%)

10

15

15

Survival

18

17

17

Survival percentage (%)

90

85

85

Percentage rate of metamorphosis (%)

100

98

98