a decreasing trendp < 0.05
As the dietary protein content increased gradually, the FBW, specific growth rate (SGR), and feed efficiency (FE) all exhibited an increasing first and then a decreasing trend in the quadratic model ( p < 0.05, R 2 = 0.541, 0.545, and 0.642), all of which showed the highest values in the CPC4 group.