Linear models to predict the digestible lipid content of fish diets

Values for the digestible contents of nutrients in diets and feed ingredients are of utmost importance in nutritional strategies for fish. Prediction from dietary composition would eliminate lengthy, tedious and demanding digestibility experiments with fish. Apparent digestible lipid (DL) content [range 7.6–353.4 g kg⁻¹ dry matter (DM)] in compound diets can be predicted with high accuracy ( n  = 610; studies =127; fish species = 34; R ² = 0.9515; RMSE = 16.9504) from dietary crude lipid (CL) content (range 12.0–388.7 g kg⁻¹ DM) by the linear regression equation DL =−2.7303 + 0.9123 CL. Validation of this equation against 65 values from 15 independent studies presented R ² and mean prediction error (MPE) values of 0.9947 and 0.0671, respectively. The corresponding equation for 37 individual feed ingredients evaluated in 24 studies with 18 fish species ( n  = 180) was found to be DL = −1.5824 + 0.8654 CL ( R ² = 0.9717; RMSE = 8.3765). However, validation of the latter is currently hampered by a lack of independent values.     

The effects of dietary digestible protein and digestible energy content on protein retention efficiency of juvenile silver perch Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell)

Effects of varying dietary digestible protein (DP) and digestible energy (DE) on protein retention efficiency (PRE), weight gain, protein deposition and carcass composition for silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus, Mitchell) were studied. Using digestibility data for silver perch, we formulated three series of diets with different DE contents (13, 15 or 17 MJ DE kg^?1). For each series, a ‘summit’ diet containing an excess of protein for silver perch (based on previous research) and a ‘diluent’ diet with only 10–13% DP were formulated. By blending the summit and diluent diets together in different ratios, five diets with different DP contents were produced for each DE series. A commercial diet was also included to give 16 experimental diets in total. Eight juvenile fish (mean initial weight 1.2 g) were stocked into each of 64 × 70‐L acrylic aquaria and then each of the 16 diets was randomly allocated to four replicate aquaria. Tanks were supplied with partially recirculated water (75%) at 25–27°C. Fish were fed restrictively, twice per day, based initially on 3.5% body weight day^?1 with 40% of the ration given at 08:30 hours and 60% given at 15:00 hours for 59 days. Quadratic functions were fitted to each energy series to describe the relationship between DP content of diets and PRE (the asymptote of these functions were used to predict maximum PRE). For low DE (13 MJ kg^?1), mid‐DE (15 MJ kg^?1) and high DE (17 MJ kg^?1), the dietary DP contents to give maximum PRE were 24.7%, 26.1% and 30.1% respectively. Carcass fat decreased with increasing DP and increasing DP:DE ratio. Varying the dietary protein and DE also influenced other indices of fish performance. ‘Optimum’ dietary protein therefore depends on several factors. For fish fed, restrictively, the protein content needed to maximize PRE is lower than the content needed to maximize weight gain or minimize carcass fat. For fish fed to satiation, the lowest protein content for maximum weight gain is lower than for fish fed restrictively.     

Optimum digestible protein and energy levels and ratio for greater amberjack Seriola dumerili (Risso) fingerling

A study was conducted to determine optimum dietary digestible protein (DP) and digestible energy (DE) levels and DP DE⁻¹ ratio for growth of greater amberjack Seriola dumerili fingerlings. A 3 × 3 factorial design with duplication was used in this study. Nine experimental diets were formulated to contain three levels of crude protein (CP; 420, 470 and 530 g kg⁻¹) and three levels of crude lipid (CL; 130, 180 and 230 g kg⁻¹). Nine groups of fingerling (initial weight 51.8 g) were fed each experimental diet for 40 days. Final body weight, feed efficiency, specific growth rate and energy efficiency were significantly affected by dietary protein and lipid level. These parameters tended to improve with increasing dietary protein level. Conversely, an increase of lipid level negatively affected these parameters. High growth rate and feed efficiency were obtained from fish fed the diet containing 393 g kg⁻¹ DP and 14.2 MJ kg⁻¹ DE (27.7 g MJ⁻¹ DP DE⁻¹). The high DP DE⁻¹ (27.7 g MJ⁻¹) indicates that greater amberjack fingerling are highly dependent on dietary protein as an energy source.     

Contribution of microorganisms to the biofilm nutritional quality: protein and lipid contents

The nutritional quality of biofilm, a microbial community associated to an organic matrix, was evaluated in artificial substrate (polyethylene screen) in net cages during 30 days in the Patos Lagoon estuary, Southern Brazil. During this period, samples of biofilm were collected each 5 days for analysis of chlorophyll a, microorganisms abundance, dry weight, protein and lipid contents. During the study, chlorophyll a varied from 0.38 to 2.75 μg cm^?2; dry weight between 7.16 and 17.63 mg cm^?2; protein content from 0.43 to 1.76 mg cm^?2 and lipid concentration between 1.21 and 4.23 mg cm^?2. The variation of lipid in the biofilm was closely related to the abundance of free heterotrophic bacteria (34.25–56.54 × 10⁶ cells cm^?2), filamentous cyanobacteria (7.5–15.9 × 10⁶ filaments cm^?2), flagellates (6.92–12.89 × 10⁶ cells cm^?2) and mainly nematodes (29–1,414 organisms cm^?2), while protein content varied similarly to the abundance of unicellular centric diatoms (52.10–179.81 × 10³ cells cm^?2), and nematodes. This information will allow a better management of food supply to raised aquatic organism with the utilization of natural productivity in the culture systems, with considerable decrease in production costs.     

Effects of digestible protein levels in isonitrogenous diets on growth performance and tissue composition of juvenile Atractoscion nobilis

A study was undertaken to estimate the effects of isonitrogenous diets (ca. 604 g kg⁻¹ crude protein) containing formaldehyde-treated (FT) fish meal and graded levels of digestible protein (DP) (541, 491, 372, 347 and 247 g kg⁻¹) on growth performance and tissue composition of juveniles white seabass. Five diets were formulated to contain increasing levels of FT fish meal (from 0 to 384 g kg⁻¹) and decreasing levels of non-treated fish meal (from 480 to 96 g kg⁻¹). Each dietary treatment was fed in triplicate to apparent satiation to groups of 25 fish for 50 days. Significantly higher growth performance and feed conversion ratio were obtained in fish-fed diets containing 491 or 541 g kg⁻¹ DP, compared with all other treatments. Apparent digestibility coefficient of protein in the diets was not significantly affected by the inclusion of treated fish meal in the diets. Estimation of protein requirements using a broken-line regression analysis indicated that maximum weight gain would be obtained with a diet containing 503 ± 23 g kg⁻¹ DP. The results from this study suggest that a single-diet formulation using protein treated with formaldehyde as filler might be useful to estimate the requirement of DP for fish.     

Influence of digestible protein levels on growth and feed utilization of juvenile meagre Argyrosomus regius

This study investigates the effect of digestible protein levels in experimental diets for meagre (Argyrosomus regius). A group of 253 fish, 52 g of mean weight, was distributed in 12 tanks, three replicates per treatment. Four isolipidic diets (170 g kg^?1 crude lipid) with different digestible protein levels (350 g kg^?1, 430 g kg^?1, 490 g kg^?1 and 530 g kg^?1) were formulated using commercial ingredients. The trial lasted 62 days. Meagre fed diets 430, 490 and 530 g kg^?1 obtained higher TGC (2.47, 2.57, 2.69 × 10^?3, respectively) than fish fed diet 350 g kg^?1 (2.14 × 10^?3). Group of fish fed diet with 350 g kg^?1 DP showed the lowest ammonia excretion level. According to the in vitro digestibility trial diets with 350 and 430 g kg^?1 DP released less amino acids in comparison with diet with 49% DP, although in vivo digestibility test did not show significant differences among diets 430, 490 and 530 g kg^?1 DP. Using the quadratic regression, optimal digestible protein intake according to the ECR for rearing juvenile meagre was recorded in 0.8 g DP/100 g fish and day.     

The effect of varying dietary digestible protein and digestible non‐protein energy sources on growth,nutrient utilization efficiencies and body composition of carp (Cyprinus carpio) evaluated with a two‐factorial central composite study design

To determine optimized dietary nutrient supply for common carp (Cyprinus carpio), nine isoenergetic diets were formulated according to a two‐factorial central composite design on digestible basis. Digestible protein contents (DP) in diets ranged from 208.8 to 251.2 g/kg, and digestible fat‐to‐digestible carbohydrate energy ratios (DEF/DEC) varied from 0.79 to 1.21. Carp were fed four times a day at a daily feeding rate of 2.5 g/kg body weight for 56 days. Optima of responses were determined by applying the standard least squares method according to response surface methodology. All diets resulted in excellent performance with feed conversion ratios lower than 1 and digestible protein efficiency ratios (PER_dig) higher than 4.6. For most parameters, calculated extreme values were minimum points, except for FCR, retention efficiencies of digestible arginine (RetArg_dig) and of digestible methionine (RetMet_dig), being maximum points, and retention efficiencies of digestible isoleucine, digestible sulphuric amino acids and digestible lysine, being saddle points. Highest growth and feed utilization efficiency were graphically determined for a diet containing 208.8 g/kg DP/1.21 DEF/DEC. Body lipid was optically increased for 251.2 g/kg DP/0.79 DEF/DEC in comparison with 208.8 g/kg DP/1.21 DEF/DEC.     

The interactive effects of dietary protein and energy on feed intake, growth and protein utilization of juvenile mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus)

The objectives of this study were to describe the interactive effects of varying digestible protein (DP) and digestible energy (DE) contents on the feed intake, growth, protein utilization and whole body composition of juvenile mulloway ( Argyrosomus japonicus ) and to determine the optimal DP : DE ratio for growth. This was achieved by feeding mulloway diets containing one of four different DP levels (250–550 g kg⁻¹) at two DE levels (16 or 21 MJ kg⁻¹). Juvenile mulloway were stocked at each of two different sizes (70 or 200 g) in triplicate groups for each dietary treatment and fed twice daily to apparent satiation over 58 days. The results indicated that feed intake was not governed solely by energy demands but was also dependant on the DP content of the diet. Protein utilization did not improve with diets containing decreasing protein and increasing lipid content indicating that mulloway have a limited capacity to spare DP. Optimal DP content was found to be 444–491 g kg⁻¹ depending on the DE content of the diet and the size of mulloway and is within the range reported for other sciaenid species. The use of formulated diets with 28.6 g of DP MJ DE⁻¹ will achieve optimal growth and protein deposition for 70–275 g mulloway.     

Apparent digestible protein,energy and amino acid availability of three plant proteins in Florida pompano,Trachinotus carolinus L. in seawater and low‐salinity water

Two experiments were conducted with Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus L. at 3 and 28 g L^?1 salinity to determine apparent crude protein digestibility (ACPD), energy digestibility (AED) and amino acid availability (AAAA) from soybean meal (SBM), soy protein isolate (SPI) and corn gluten meal (CGM). Mean AAAA was similar to ACPD. In fish adapted to 3 g L^?1 salinity, they were 81.2% and 81.9% (CGM), 93.6% and 92.2% (SBM), 93.8% and 93.1% (SPI) for AAAA and ACPD respectively. In fish adapted to 28 g L^?1, they were 84.5% and 83.4% (CGM), 86.5% and 87.1% (SBM), and 83.4% and 85.0% (SPI) for AAAA and ACPD respectively. The AED was highest for SPI and lowest for SBM and inversely related to carbohydrate. The ACPD, AED and AAAA of soy products appeared to be lower in high salinity, whereas CGM was unaffected. The data suggest that SBM, SPI and CGM should be further evaluated as partial fishmeal replacements in Florida pompano diets. Application of the generated coefficients can be used to develop well‐balanced, low‐cost diets for Florida pompano reared in low salinity or seawater.     

Effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on growth,body composition and flesh quality of juvenile topmouth culter,Culter alburnus Basilewsky

Nine experimental diets at three protein (35%, 40% and 45% crude protein) and lipid (5%, 8% and 11% crude lipid) levels with variable digestible protein to digestible energy (DP/DE) ratios ranged from 21.9 to 27.8 g protein MJ^?1 were fed to topmouth culter (Culter alburnus Basilewsky) fingerlings (initial weight 6.5 ± 0.9 g) in triplicated groups (30 fish per replicated) for a period of 10 week to assess the optimum dietary DP/DE ratio and the protein sparing effect by utilizing dietary lipid. 27 cages of 1.5 m³ capacity placed in a lake located in Wuhan were used for rearing the fish. At the end of the experiment, maximum weight gain and thermal‐unit growth coefficient was found in fish fed diet D4 with 45% protein, 8% lipid and P/E ratio of 26.2 g protein MJ^?1, but without a significant difference compared to fish fed diet D5 with 40% protein, 8% lipid and DP/DE ratio of 25.3 g protein MJ^?1. The best flesh quality evaluated by muscle collagen content was found in fish fed D5. High fat accumulation with increasing dietary lipid levels was observed in whole body but not in muscle tissue. Hence, it may be concluded that the optimum formulation for maximum growth and quality of topmouth culter is a diet containing 40% protein and 8% lipid with a resultant DP/DE ratio of 25.3 g protein MJ^?1. In addition, the protein sparing effect by inclusion lipid was observed but limited.     

哲罗鱼稚鱼的蛋白质和脂肪需求量

采用4×3两因素完全随机设计,研究了哲罗鱼(Hucho taimen)稚鱼蛋白质和脂肪的需要量。初始体质量为7-8 g的哲罗鱼饲养于玻璃钢水簇箱中(直径90 cm,水深45 cm)。实验共设4个蛋白质水平(50%、46%、42%、38%),每个蛋白质水平设3个脂肪水平(10%、15%和20%),共12种饲料,每种饲料投喂组设3个重复,每个重复100尾鱼。实验期间水温11.5-17.5℃,溶解氧7.8-10 mg/L,每天饲喂3次,实验共进行8周。结果表明,不同处理对成活率未产生显著影响;脂肪水平对蛋白质需要量影响较大,在10%脂肪水平,与其他蛋白质水平相比,50%蛋白质水平显著提高了终末体质量、终末体长和平均日增重(P<0.01),特定生长率和饵料系数也得到改善(P<0.05);在15%脂肪水平下,与38%蛋白质水平相比,42%、46%和50%蛋白质水平各组终末体质量、平均日增重、特定生长率和饵料系数都显著改善(P<0.05);在20%脂肪水平下,38%与50%蛋白质水平相比,终末体质量、平均日增重和饵料系数差异显著(P<0.05),但其他各组差异不显著;与10%和15%脂肪水平相比,20%脂肪水平显著提高了蛋白质效率(P<0.05);鱼体脂肪含量随饲料中脂肪含量增加而显著提高(P<0.01);50%蛋白质水平显著降低了鱼体水分和脂肪含量,提高了体蛋白含量(P<0.05);鱼体总能随着蛋白质和脂肪水平的提高也极显著提高(P<0.01)。本实验结论为:在10%脂肪水平,哲罗鱼稚鱼最适蛋白质水平为50%,在15%和20%脂肪水平下,最适蛋白质水平为42%。     

Development of low‐lipid formulated feeds with different protein/energy ratios for Octopus vulgaris ongrowing

We studied the feeding and growth rates, feed efficiency and nutritional composition of subadult octopuses (689 ± 77 g) fed low‐lipid diets with two different protein/energy ratios (P/E): Medium P/E diet (30.5 g protein MJ^?1, 662 g kg^?1 protein dry weight (dw)) or High P/E diet (36.8 g protein MJ^?1, 843 g kg^?1 protein dw). Survival was 100% for the Medium P/E and 87.5% for the High P/E diet. The specific feeding rates were 1.91% and 1.67% body weight day^?1 for the Medium P/E and High P/E diet, respectively (P < 0.05). The specific growth rates (0.92% and 1.25% body weight day^?1), feed efficiency indices (47.3% and 72.7%), productive protein value (23.9% and 29.1%) and digestive gland index (5.6% and 6.4%) were significantly better in animals fed the High P/E than the Medium P/E diet (P < 0.05). The proximate composition of the digestive gland was similar for both diets, but the total lipid content of carcass was higher in animals fed the Medium P/E diet (P < 0.05). Our results suggest that the protein content of the feed could be a factor regulating feeding rates in octopus.     

Dietary protein/lipid level and protein source effects on growth,tissue composition and lipid metabolism of blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

A study was carried out to determine the effects of fish meal (FM) replacement by plant protein (PP) on growth, body composition and lipid metabolism of blackspot seabream fed different protein/lipid levels. Four experimental diets were formulated to contain two protein (P) and lipid (L) levels (60P/6L or 50P/10L), varying in their protein source (100% FM or 50% FM: 50% PP). Dietary inclusion of PP did not affect growth of fish fed 60P/6L, although fish fed 50P/10L exhibited lower final body weight and daily growth index. Fish fed 60P/6L presented the highest protein and the lowest lipid content. FM replacement by PP has decreased muscle n‐3 whereas the n‐6 fatty acids increased. Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase and fatty acid synthetase (FAS) were depressed in fish fed 50P/10L. FAS was significantly increased with 60P/6L PP which was positively correlated with lipid retention data. Those results suggest the conversion of other nutrient than lipid (protein and/or carbohydrates) into corporal fat. Hepatic lipoprotein lipase activity was lowest in fish fed PP diets. Plasma glucose peaked 1–2 h postfeeding, in all groups and was generally higher with 60P/6L FM. This work shown that besides dietary P/L level, protein source has a strong effect on species lipogenesis and lipid retention. Hence, the 50P/10L FM diet was the most cost‐effective for blackspot seabream juveniles.     

饲料蛋白质和能量水平对红姑鱼生长和鱼体组成的影响

采用 3× 3因子试验确定不同蛋白质和脂肪水平实用饲料对红姑鱼生长和鱼体组成的影响。初始平均体重为 2 .73g的试验鱼放养在 2 7个 2 .5m× 1.5m× 1.3m的网箱中 ,每箱放养 6 0尾。用饲料蛋白质水平为38% ,42 %和 46 % ,脂肪水平为 5 % ,8%和 12 %的试验饲料饲养鱼 8周。结果表明特定生长率和饲料系数以高蛋白质组 (HP ,46 % )显著高于中蛋白组 (MP ,42 % )和低蛋白组 (LP ,38% ) (P <0 .0 5 ) ;饲料脂肪水平对鱼的生长和饲料系数没有显著影响 (P >0 .0 5 ) ;随饲料DP/DE降低 ,脏体比和肝体比增加 ;随饲料可消化能增加 ,全鱼和肝脏的脂肪含量增加 ,但对机体的蛋白含量、氨基酸构成和灰分含量没有多大的影响。从本试验可初步认为红姑鱼幼鱼最适饲料蛋白质水平为 46 % ,可消化蛋能比 (DP/DE)为 119mg·kcal-1。     

中华绒螯蟹配合饲料中蛋白质、脂肪、纤维素的适宜含量↑（*）

试验采用正交L18(37)表,用酪蛋白、结晶纤维素、鱼油分别作为蛋白源、纤维素源和脂肪源,制成含蛋白质36%、40%、44%,脂肪4%、6%、8%,纤维素3%、5%、7%的试验饲料,在水族箱中对体重19～25g的中华绒螯蟹(Eriocheirsinensis)配合饲料中蛋白质、脂肪、纤维素的适宜含量进行研究。结果表明,配合饲料中含40%～44%蛋白质、4%～6%脂肪、3%纤维素具有显著的促增重效果,高的生长比率,良好的饲料系数和蛋白质效率(P<0.01),交互作用极显著(P<0.01);5%和7%纤维素都显著地降低了生长比率、蛋白质效率、蛋白质表观消化率,使饲料系数极显著升高(P<0.01)。     

Growth and metabolism of pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg 1887) juveniles fed diets containing different protein, lipid and carbohydrate levels

To verify the potential of lipids and carbohydrates to spare dietary protein and to understand the intermediary metabolism of interaction of these nutrients in pacu juveniles, an experiment was carried out to evaluate pacu physiological and performance parameters. The experimental design was completely randomized with 12 treatments in a 2 × 2 × 3 factorial arrangement, consisting of diets containing two digestible protein levels (200 and 230 g kg⁻¹ PD), two lipid levels (40 and 80 g kg⁻¹) and three carbohydrate levels (410, 460 and 500 g kg⁻¹). Fish‐fed 230 g kg⁻¹ digestable protein (DP) showed increased glycaemia, decreased hepatic glycogen, as well as a smaller intake index and better feed conversion ratio. The higher dietary lipid level (80 g kg⁻¹) reduced protein intake and serum protein concentration, increased liver and body fat content, but did not affect growth. At a lipid level of 80 g kg⁻¹, the increase in dietary carbohydrate levels promoted greater weight gain (WG), crude protein intake (CPI) and better feed conversion ratio (FCR). For fish fed diets containing 40 g kg⁻¹ lipid, the best energy‐productive values (EPV) were obtained at 460 g kg⁻¹ carbohydrate. Increased levels of the main nutrients in the diets reduced the levels of serum triglycerides, while the increase in energy concentration increased the hepatosomatic (HSI) and glycaemia index values. Pacu used lipids as effectively as carbohydrates in the maximization of protein usage, as long as dietary protein was at a level of 230 g kg⁻¹ DP. The physiological parameters indicated that the best balance between the DP, dietary lipid and carbohydrate levels within the ranged this trial was obtained at 230, 40 and 460 g kg⁻¹, respectively, without lower growth.     

Digestible dietary protein and energy requirements of juvenile Asian horseshoe crabs,Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

A 84‐day feeding experiment of two juvenile horseshoe crab species, including nine formulated diets with three digestible protein (DP) levels (36%, 40% and 44%) and three digestible energy (DE) levels (14, 16 and 18 kJ g^?1) versus the control, fed on frozen brine shrimp (Artemia salina), was conducted. The results showed that the survival rate of Tachypleus tridentatus ranged from 67% to 100%, while that of Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda varied from 44% to 100%. The results also indicated that the formulated diet containing 40% DP with 14 kJ g^?1 DE was the best, in terms of growth and feed utilization, for the two juvenile horseshoe crab species. Final body weight (FBW), thermal‐unit growth coefficient (TGC), feed efficiency (FE), nitrogen retention efficiency (NRE) and energy retention efficiency (ERE) of T. tridentatus fed 40% DP and 14 kJ g^?1 DE were significantly higher than that of T. tridentatus fed the control diet. However, for C. rotundicauda, only significantly higher FE, NRE and ERE were found in juveniles fed 40% DP and 14 kJ g^?1 DE than the control diet. The present findings revealed that the optimum DP/DE ratio for the two species was 28 g protein MJ^?1.     

The evaluation of practical diets on a basis of digestible crude protein,lysine and methionine for Litopenaeus vannamei

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of replacing fish meal (FM) with blood meal (BM), poultry by‐product meal (PBM), meat and bone meal (MBM) and shrimp head meal (SHM), rapeseed meal (RM) and peanut meal (PM) on a digestible basis of crude protein and lysine and methionine in five practical diets for the Pacific white shrimp at the FM levels of 300, 250, 200, 150 and 100 g kg^?1 under laboratory conditions. Each of the five experimental diets was hand‐fed to four replicate tanks of shrimp with an average weight of 0.33 ± 0.03 g to satiation at each meal. The shrimp were fed three times a day over a six‐week period. The per cent weight gain of initial body weight (WG%) was significantly lower in shrimp fed 100 g kg^?1 FM diet, but the value for hepatosomatic index (HSI) and the level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) tended to be higher in shrimp fed 100 g kg^?1 FM diet than those in shrimp fed other diets. The lowest value for feeding rate (FR) occurred for shrimp fed the basal diet and was significantly lower than that in shrimp fed the FM diets at 100–150 g kg^?1. Shrimp fed diets containing 200 g kg^?1 or lower FM had significantly lower feed utilization than those fed the 250 g kg^?1 FM diet and the basal diet. The protein efficiency ratio (PER) in the shrimp fed the basal diet was significantly higher than in the other FM diets. Decreasing the FM replacement level significantly reduced nutrient digestibility except in the cases of ash and gross energy, but it did not affect the survival, condition factor (CF), body composition, digestive enzyme activity or plasma transaminase activity. The results of the study indicate that feeding a diet formulated on a digestible basis and involving FM replacement with other protein sources at a greater replacement proportion will not produce a level of shrimp growth equal to that achieved by feeding the basal diet.     

饲料蛋白和脂肪水平对云纹石斑鱼幼鱼免疫和抗氧化性能的影响

采用蛋白和脂肪水平双因素实验,通过检测云纹石斑鱼血清、肝脏和肌肉中免疫与抗氧化指标,为饲料蛋白和脂肪的适宜配比提供依据。以鱼粉和豆粕作蛋白源,鱼油和大豆油混合油作脂肪源,3个蛋白水平分别为:35%、40%、45%,每个蛋白水平分别设3个脂肪水平:9%、12%、15%,每组3个重复。LZM活力和IgM含量在蛋白水平40%~45%时较高,也呈现随脂肪水平增加而上升的趋势,且蛋白水平比脂肪水平和交互作用对LZM和IgM有更显著的影响。肝脏SOD活力在40%蛋白水平时较高,在低蛋白水平(35%)时SOD活力随脂肪水平上升而增强,而高蛋白水平(45%)时则相反。蛋白、脂肪水平和交互作用对CAT活力均有显著影响,蛋白水平较高CAT活力较强。肌肉SOD和CAT活力变化趋势与肝脏大致相反。MDA含量随蛋白水平增加而减小,蛋白水平对肝脏和肌肉MDA都有显著作用,随着饲料脂肪水平增加肝脏MDA显著下降。实验表明,饲料中蛋白质含量维持在一定水平(40%左右)是必要的,当蛋白需求满足时,适当增加脂肪水平有利于鱼体健康。