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Amino Acid Availability of Soybean Meal for Florida Pompano
Author(s) -
Gothreaux Craig T.,
Reigh Robert C.,
Williams Millie B.,
Chesney Edward J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
north american journal of aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1548-8454
pISSN - 1522-2055
DOI - 10.1577/a09-079.1
Subject(s) - soybean meal , biology , fish meal , meal , amino acid , food science , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , feces , biochemistry , fishery , ecology , raw material
Availability of amino acids in soybean meal was determined in a feeding trial with Florida pompano Trachinotus carolinus by using a standard digestibility marker method. Fecal samples were manually stripped from anesthetized fish to avoid contact with water and resultant leaching losses. Apparent amino acid availability coefficients (mean ± SD) for dehulled, solvent‐extracted soybean meal ranged from 78.4 ± 2.2% to 96.5 ± 1.0%. Apparent energy digestibility was 67.4 ± 0.8%. Apparent crude protein digestibility was 84.3 ± 0.5%.