Two different diets were evaluated:

Two different diets were evaluated: diet A (49% crude protein) and diet B (38% crude
protein), and juveniles were subjected to one of the following feeding regimes for each diet: DF, under which
they were daily fed throughout the experimental period (120 days); and 4F/4D, under which they were fed
for 4 days followed by 4 days of food deprivation in repeated cycles from day 1 to day 45, and daily fed from
day 45 to day 120