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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nutrient requirements of fish / Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-309-04891-5
1. Fishes—Nutrition—Requirements. 2. Fishes—Feeding and feeds. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Animal Nutrition.
SH156.N86 1993
639.3—dc20 93-39031
CIP
Copyright 1993 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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RICHARD T. LOVELL, Chair,
Auburn University
C. YOUNG CHO,
University of Guelph and Fisheries Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada
COLIN B. COWEY,
University of Guelph, Canada
KONRAD DABROWSKI,
The Ohio State University
STEVEN HUGHES,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SANTOSH LALL,
Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Ocean, Canada
TAKESHI MURAI,
National Institute of Fisheries Science, Tokyo, Japan
ROBERT P. WILSON,
Mississippi State University
HAROLD F. HINTZ, Chair,
Cornell University
DONALD C. BEITZ,
Iowa State University
GARY L. CROMWELL,
University of Kentucky
ROGER W. HEMKEN,
University of Kentucky
LAURIE M. LAWRENCE,
University of Kentucky
LARRY P. MILLIGAN,
University of Guelph, Canada
JERRY L. SELL,
Iowa State University
OLAV T. OFTEDAL,
National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.
ROBERT P. WILSON,
Mississippi State University
MARY I. POOS, Project Director
BARBARA J. RICE, Editor
JANET OVERTON, Editor
DENNIS BLACKWELL, Project Assistant
KAMAR PATEL, Senior Project Assistant*
THEODORE L. HULLAR, Chair,
University of California, Davis
PHILIP H. ABELSON,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.
JOHN M. ANTLE,
Montana State University
DALE E. BAUMAN,
Cornell University
WILLIAM B. DELAUDER,
Delaware State University
SUSAN K. HARLANDER,
Land O'Lakes, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
PAUL W. JOHNSON, Natural Resources Consultant,
Decorah, Iowa
T. KENT KIRK,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Madison, Wisconsin
JAMES R. MOSELEY,
Jim Moseley Farms, Inc., Clark Hills, Indiana, and Purdue University
DONALD R. NIELSEN,
University of California, Davis
NORMAN R. SCOTT,
Cornell University
GEORGE E. SEIDEL, JR.,
Colorado State University
PATRICIA B. SWAN,
Iowa State University
JOHN R. WELSER,
The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan
FREDERIC WINTHROP, JR., The Trustees of Reservations,
Beverly, Massachusetts
SUSAN OFFUTT, Executive Director
JAMES E. TAVARES, Associate Executive Director
CARLA CARLSON, Director of Communications
JANET OVERTON, Editor
The Subcommittee on Fish Nutrition was appointed in 1989 under the auspices of the Board on Agriculture's Committee on Animal Nutrition (CAN) to update and revise the 1981 edition of Nutrient Requirements of Coldwater Fishes and the 1983 edition of Nutrient Requirements of Warmwater Fishes and Shellfishes. New research indicates that similarities in the nutrition and feeding of cold-water and warm-water species do not warrant separate reports. Therefore, this edition combines all species of finish having commercial significance. (See Appendix Table A-1 for a list of fish discussed in this report.) It aims to expand knowledge on the nutrient requirements of finfish, diet formulations and preparation, and feeding practices.
The origins of CAN can be traced to the earliest days of the National Research Council, which was established in 1916 as the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences. One of the major activities of the committee has been the development of nutrient requirement standards for domestic animals, including standards for laboratory animals. In 1943, the first appointments were made for subcommittees on the nutrition of poultry and swine. Since then, subcommittees have also been formed on the nutrient requirements of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, horses, foxes and mink, dogs, cats, rabbits, laboratory animals, goats, nonhuman primates, warm-water fish and shellfish, and coldwater fish. These reports have been revised from time to time as new information on quantitative nutrient requirements has become available.
The Overview of this report is followed by eight chapters. Chapter 1 presents dietary requirements necessary for the normal health, growth, and reproduction of fish. Chapter 2 discusses materials in feedstuffs, other than nutrients, that may affect physical, palatability, or nutritional properties of the feed or metabolism of the fish. Chapter 3 covers antinutrients and adventitious toxins that may be present in feedstuffs and the varying susceptibilities of different fish to them.
Chapters 4, 5, and 6 focus on the nutrient availability of feedstuffs for various species as well as the formulation and feeding of commercial diets that are nutritionally balanced mixtures of feed ingredients with desired physical properties. Feeding practices for larval fish and various fish species are detailed.
Chapter 7 is a table of minimum nutrient requirements for maximum performance of five fish. These values represent minimum requirements for young, rapidly growing fish under optimal growing conditions. The values have not been increased to include a margin of safety commonly added in practice to compensate for ingredient variation, processing and storage losses, and variation in requirements caused by environmental effects. Therefore, those given here should be adjusted for practical allowances in feed formulation. Also, if the requirements are not given for a particular species, those established for a related species can often be discreetly substituted. As more information becomes available on nutrient requirements, the recommended allowances for specific needs will be refined.
Chapter 8 provides tables of feed ingredient composition for defining and formulating fish feeds for research and commercial practices. The nutrient composition data represent chemical analyses with no correction for availability to the animal. Therefore, the level of the feed ingredient, when used in diet formulation, must be adjusted to allow for availability to the fish.
Aquatic crustaceans (arthropods with mandibles, antennae, legs, or leg like appendages on the abdomen and thorax, and no wings) are not included in this edition because of the lack of published research data on their nutrient requirements. However, crustacean aquaculture is a viable commercial enterprise worldwide, and this subcommittee recognizes
the need for nutritional information for these species.
Most of the data presented in this report are for small fish, and it is recognized that nutrient requirements change as fish size increases. Also, environment influences nutrient requirements; therefore, future research should address effects of temperature, disease, and various other stresses on the nutritional needs of fish. More research is also needed on the nutrient requirements that have a large impact on feed costs, such as amino acids and energy-protein ratios, to refine or support existing values that in many cases are based on a single set of experimental conditions.
Richard T. Lovell, Chair
Subcommittee on Fish Nutrition
TABLES
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1-1 |
Optimum Protein: Energy Ratio for Different Fish |
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1-2 |
Estimated Dietary Protein Requirement for Maximal Growth of Some Species of Juvenile Fish |
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1-3 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Chinook Salmon |
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1-4 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Common Carp |
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1-5 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Channel Catfish |
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1-6 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Japanese Eel |
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1-7 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Nile Tilapia |
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1-8 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Rainbow Trout |
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1-9 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Coho Salmon |
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1-10 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Chum Salmon |
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1-11 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Mossambique Tilapia |
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1-12 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Gilthead Sea Bream |
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1-13 |
Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Lake Trout |
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1-14 |
Essential Fatty Acid Requirement of Fish |
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1-15 |
Vitamin Requirements for Growing Fish Determined with Chemically Defined Diets in a Controlled Environment |
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2-1 |
Astaxanthin Content of Selected Natural Materials Used for Pigmentation of Salmonids |
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2-2 |
Xanthophyll Content of Selected Plant Materials |
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4-1 |
Apparent Digestibility of Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate in Selected Diet Ingredients for Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish, and Blue Tilapia |
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4-2 |
True Amino Acid Availability and Protein Digestibility Values for Certain Feed Ingredients for Atlantic Salmon and Channel Catfish |
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4-3 |
Net Absorption of Phosphorus from Various Sources by Channel Catfish, Common Carp, and Rainbow Trout |
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5-1 |
Suggested Quality Standards of fishmeal and Fish Oil for Salmonid Diets |
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5-2 |
Examples of Natural Ingredient Reference Diets for Salmonids and Channel Catfish |
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5-3 |
Examples of Purified Reference Diets |
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6-1 |
Example of Daily Feeding Allowances for Channel Catfish Fed Once Daily from April until October in Ponds in the Southern United States |
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6-2 |
Example of Daily Feeding Allowances and Frequencies for Various Sizes of Tilapias at 28°C |
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6-3 |
Example of Daily Feeding Guide for Rainbow Trout Calculated from Energy Requirements of Fish of Various Sizes |
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7-1 |
Nutrient Requirements for Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Pacific Salmon, Common Carp, and Tilapia as Percentages of Diet, Milligrams per Kilogram of Diet, or International Units (IU) per Kilogram of Diet |
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8-1 |
Proximate Composition and Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Values for Natural and Chemically Defined Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds |
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8-2 |
Amino Acid Composition of Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds |
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8-3 |
Mineral Composition of Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds |
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8-4 |
Vitamin Composition of Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds |
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8-5 |
Fatty Acid Composition of Common Animal Fats, Fish Oils, and Vegetable Oils |
FIGURE
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Schematic presentation of the fate of dietary energy |
APPENDIX TABLES