Research Article

Evaluation of Six Novel Protein Sources on Apparent Digestibility in Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Table 1

Formulation of experimental diets (g/kg dry matter).

IngredientDiets
Control dietTest diet

Brown fish meal250.0175.0
Soybean meal250.0175.0
Peanut meal100.070.0
Wheat flour240.6168.3
Beer yeast30.021.0
Shrimp shell meal50.035.0
Fish oil20.014.0
Soybean oil20.014.0
Choline chloride3.02.1
Soybean lecithin10.07.0
Vitamin and mineral premixa10.07.0
Calcium monophosphate15.010.5
Vitamin C1.00.7
Yttrium oxide0.40.4
Testing ingredients300.0
Total1000.01000.0

aVitamin and mineral premix (kg−1 of diet): thiamine, 5 mg; riboflavin, 10 mg; vitamin A, 5000 IU; vitamin E, 40 mg; vitamin D3, 1000 IU; menadione, 10 mg; pyridoxine, 10 mg; biotin, 0.1 mg; cyanocobalamin, 0.02 mg; calcium pantothenate, 20 mg; folic acid, 1 mg; niacin, 40 mg; vitamin C, 150 mg; iron, 100 mg; iodine, 0.8 mg; copper, 3 mg; zinc, 50 mg; manganese, 12 mg; selenium, 0.3 mg; cobalt, 0.2 mg.