Partial substitution of dietary fish meal with soybean meal for speckled shrimp, Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798) (Decapoda: Penaeidae) juvenile

A completely randomized design (CRD) was used with a total of 160 day-old commercial broiler chicks which were randomly assigned to four treatment groups with five replicates into 20 pens and brooded. Feed and water were provided ad libitum. From day old chick to 21 day, the broiler chicks were fed Diet 1 (5% fish meal and 25% soybean meal, 1: 5), Diet 2 (3% fish meal and 30% soybean meal, 1: 10) was served as control diet, Diet 3 (2% fish meal and 30% soybean meal, 1: 15) and Diet 4 (1.5% fish meal and 30% soybean meal, 1: 20). From day 22 onwards, the broiler chicks were fed finisher diet, Diet 1 (5% fish meal and 25% soybean meal, 1: 5), Diet 2 (2.6% fish meal and 26% soybean meal, 1: 10, serve as control diet, Diet 3 (1.8% fish meal and 27% soybean meal, 1: 15) and Diet 4 (1.3% fish meal and 26% soybean meal, 1: 20). Weekly performances and mortality are measured. By feeding FS5 diet (5% fish meal and 25% soybean meal), the heavier body weight, increased feed consumption and feed conversion ratio of broiler chicks was observed when compared to that of other treatment groups. Conclusively, it is obvious that the ratio of dietary fish meal to soybean meal 1: 5 (FS5) improved body weight but the lower feed efficiency of this diet should be considered in economical point of view.

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Replacement of dietary fish meal by soybean meal on growth performance, immunity, anti-oxidative capacity and mTOR pathways in juvenile abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino

Aquaculture ◽

10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.737914 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 737914

Author(s):

Xiaojun Yu ◽

Zhenhua Wu ◽

Jinshu Guo ◽

Yonghao Fu ◽

Kai Luo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Soybean Meal ◽

Fish Meal ◽

Oxidative Capacity ◽

Haliotis Discus Hannai ◽

Haliotis Discus Hannai Ino ◽

Dietary Fish ◽

Haliotis Discus ◽

Abalone Haliotis Discus

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Growing Trial of Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles Fed on Chironomid Meal as a Partial Substitution for Fish Meal

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani9040144 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 144 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alessandra Roncarati ◽

Roberto Cappuccinelli ◽

Marina Meligrana ◽

Roberto Anedda ◽

Sergio Uzzau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Soybean Meal ◽

Fish Meal ◽

Sparus Aurata ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Protein Source ◽

Gilthead Sea Bream ◽

Sea Bream ◽

Partial Substitution ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Feed Conversion Rate

Insect meal derived from chironomid larvae and collected from aquatic environments was included in the feed of gilthead sea bream juveniles (75 ± 1.1 g) in a growth trial of 90 days. Three feeds, which were namely one control (L1) and two experimental diets (L2, L3), were analyzed and formulated as isonitrogenous (45%) and isolipidic (13%). In L1, the protein source was mainly soybean meal (32%), followed by fish meal (20%), wheat meal (20%), gluten corn (17%), and hemoglobin (11%). In L2, the proportion of soybean meal was increased (33.5%), followed by gluten corn (21%), wheat meal (14%), and hemoglobin (11%), whereas the fish meal source was reduced (15%) due to the inclusion of chironomids (5%). In L3, the proportion of fish meal was further reduced (8%) and that of chironomid meal was increased to 10% of the protein source. The L2 and L3 groups showed similar growth performances with respect to the L1 group. The feed conversion rate was favorable in all the groups, ranging from 1.18 (L1) to 1.22 (L3). Survival rates varied from 93.62% (L3) to 94.31% (L1). Feed palatability showed similar results for all diets. Although the inclusion of chironomid meal was used in small quantities, our results suggest a significant advantage in replacing 50% of the fish meal with the chironomid meal for growing gilthead sea bream fishes.

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