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A feeding trial was conducted to assess the feasibility of supplementing taurine in soy-based diets for juvenile starry flounder  Platichthys stellatus . The basal diet (Crude protein 66.5%, crude lipid 8.5%) was supplemented with 0 (control), 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% and 2.5% taurine to formulate six test diets. Each diet was fed to 40 juvenile fish (22.25 g) in triplicate tanks (120 L) attached to a sea water circulation-system. Fish were fed twice daily by hand to apparent satiation during the 56-d trial. At the end of the trial, fish were counted and weighed for the analyses of growth performance, diet utilization and survival after a 24-h fast. Blood, intestines and muscles were collected for the analyses of serum oxidation resistance, digestive enzymes and body compostion. Livers were collected from the remaining fish at 4 h post-feeding for metabolic enzymes analyses. The results showed that fish fed diets supplemented with 1.0–2.5% taurine grew from 22.25–22.26 g to 47.88–50.40 g with higher average weight gain (25.62–28.12 vs 23.07 g ), specific growth rate (1.37–1.46 vs 1.27%/d ), feed intake (1.04–1.06 vs 1.00%/d), protein efficiency (2.50–2.61 vs 2.44) and lower feed conversion rate (0.84–0.83 vs 0.89) than the control treatment. Diets supplemented with 1.5–2.5% taurine significantly elevated the activities of pepsin (2.47–2.55 vs 2.22, U mg −1  prot), trypsin of distal intestine(14.55–15.24 vs 11.94, U mg −1  prot), hepatic glucokinase (126.62–129.42 vs 105.56, U mg −1  prot) and fatty acid synthetase (125.56-136.89 vs 108.45, U mg −1  prot). All diets supplemented with taurine increased the activities of lipase (32.23–36.67 vs 29.53, U g −1  prot) and trypsin (35.85–37.89 vs 33.54, U mg −1  prot) of proximal intestine, hepatic aspartate transaminase (736.990–832.38 vs 699.24, U mg −1  prot), alanine aminotransferase (477.40–551.86 vs 373.97, U mg −1  prot) and glycogen synthase (2.16–2.59 vs 1.97, U mg −1  prot), as well as serum superoxide dismutase (4.33–4.59 vs 4.07, U mg −1  prot ) and glutathione peroxidase (42.23–50.25 vs 39.17, mol mg −1  prot). Therefore, taurine supplementation benefits juvenile starry flounder growth, digestion, nutrients metabolism and oxidation resistance. The optimal taurine requirement for starry flounder is 1.75%, and the recommended supplementation level is at least 1.6% for maximizing growth of fish fed a low-fishmeal diet (13.6%).

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Assessment of the efficacy of using taurine supplements to improve growth and feed utilization of juvenile starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) given diets based on soy-protein