Availability of protein and energy from three protein sources in hybrid sturgeon Acipenser guldenstadti × A. bester |
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Authors: | G Degani |
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Institution: | School of Science and Technology, Academic Tel-Hai College, and; MIGAL –Galilee Technology Center Ltd, Rosh Pina, Israel |
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Abstract: | The apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC) of three diet ingredients serving as protein sources for adult sturgeon Acipenser guldenstadti × A. bester was studied using an inert marker in the feed and collecting the faeces by stripping. Each experimental diet contained a different protein source, fishmeal, soybean meal and poultry meal, making up 50% of the total, the other 50% being reference diet (28% fishmeal, 9% poultry meal, 24% soybean meal, 26% wheat flour, 8% poultry oil plus 0.5% vitamins, egg yolk, guar and chromic oxide). The digestibility of protein from fishmeal was 81.0%, from soybean meal 81.9% and from poultry meal 64.6%. Energy digestibility tests gave the following results: fishmeal 13.0 kJ g?1; soybean meal 12.1 kJ g?1; and poultry meal 10.2 kJ g?1. The differences in the ADC of various protein and carbohydrate sources are discussed. |
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Keywords: | sturgeon digestibility fish meal poultry meal soybean meal wheat flour |
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