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Dietary L-Lysine Requirement of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Alevins

Leyong Yu, Hairui Yu, Ziyi Yuan, Jiayi Zhang, Ling-Yao Li, Chengyu Ma, Weiguang Kong

Animals, 2023

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Abstract

Simple Summary With the increasing demand for aquaculture, the resource of high-quality traditional protein (such as fishmeal) becomes limited, and plant ingredients are often used as substitutes for fishmeal because of their low price and wide availability. However, plant proteins are usually deficient in certain essential amino acids (EAAs), which adversely affects the growth performance of aquatic animals. Lysine is generally the first limiting amino acid in plant protein ingredients used to formulate the aquafeed, and it plays an important role in physiological processes including antioxidant, differentiation, growth, immunity, and reduction of nitrogen emission. In this study, the effects of dietary graded L-lysine concentrations on the growth, proximate composition, and AA (amino acid) profile of coho salmon alevins were evaluated by a feeding trial. The results showed that an adequate dietary lysine level significantly improved the specific growth rate (SGR), protein efficiency ratio (PER), body protein deposition (BPD), and feed conversion ratio (FCR). The dietary optimum L-lysine requirements for coho salmon alevins were 3.74%, 3.73%, 3.91%, and 3.77% of the diet or 6.80%, 6.78%, 7.11%, and 6.85% of dietary proteins against the SGR, PER, BPD, and FCR, respectively. Abstract The suitable dietary L-lysine concentration for coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) alevins was assessed by a dose response feeding trial. Six experimental diets were made with graded L-lysine…

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