Journal article
Comparison of partial replacement of fishmeal with soybean meal and EnzoMeal on growth performance of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer
Z Ma, MM Hassan, L Allais, T He, S Leterme, A Ellis, B McGraw, JG Qin
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology and Pharmacology | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2019
Abstract
This study explored the impact of fishmeal replacement by commercial soybean meal (SM) and EnzoMeal (EZM) on Asian seabass Lates calcarifer growth performance using six diets. The six diets comprised two sources of plant proteins with three levels each, including 300 g kg−1 soybean meal (SM30), 300 g kg−1 EnzoMeal (EZM30), 400 g kg−1 soybean meal (SM40), 400 g kg−1 EnzoMeal (EZM40), 500 g kg−1 soybean meal (SM50), and 500 g kg−1 EnzoMeal (EZM50). The soybean level was shown to significantly affect the final fish weight, weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR), survival, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR), and apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC). Further, the plant meal type signif..
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Awarded by Ohio Soybean Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was financially supported by the Ohio Soybean Council, United States (Project funding No. 17-R-08). We wish to thank Leslie Morrison and Sarah Churcher in the Animal House for checking fish health and activity, Yvette DeGraaf at Flinders Microscopy Biomedical Services and Daniel Jardine at Flinders Analytical for technical support.