The Free On-line Aquaculture Dictionary
Essential amino acids requirements as % of diet
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The Free On-line Aquaculture Dictionary |
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Essential amino acids requirements as % of diet |
| Amino Acids | Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) | Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) | Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Channel catfish (Ictalrus punctatus) | Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) |
| Arginine | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.13 |
| Histidine | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.42 |
| Isoleucine | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.80 |
| Leucine | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.35 |
| Lysine | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.51 |
| Methionine | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.40 |
| Phenylalanine | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.00 |
| Threonine | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.17 |
| Tryptophan | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.17 |
| Valine | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.88 |
| Total Protein level | 40 | 42.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 24.0 | 40.0 |