Research Article

Fish Oil Replacement with Poultry Oil in the Diet of Tiger Puffer (Takifugu rubripes): Effects on Growth Performance, Body Composition, and Lipid Metabolism

Table 1

Formulation and proximate composition of the experimental diets (% dry matter basis).

IngredientsFO-C25PO50PO75PO100PO

Fish meal4242424242
Corn gluten meal88888
Soybean meal1414141414
Wheat meal20.6820.6820.6820.6820.68
Brewer’s yeast55555
Mineral premixa0.50.50.50.50.5
Vitamin premixa11111
Monocalcium phosphate11111
L-Ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate0.20.20.20.20.2
Choline chloride0.20.20.20.20.2
Betaine0.30.30.30.30.3
Ethoxyquin0.020.020.020.020.02
Mold inhibitorb0.10.10.10.10.1
Soya lecithin11111
Fish oil64.531.50
Poultry oilc01.534.56
Proximate composition
Crude protein45.4045.8445.6546.2646.23
Crude lipid9.3110.069.9910.089.89
Ash9.419.479.569.569.47

aMineral premix and vitamin premix, designed for marine fish, were purchased from Qingdao Master Biotech Co., Ltd., Qingdao, China. bContained 50% calcium propionic acid and 50% fumaric acid. cPoultry oil was purchased from Shandong Haiding Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., Shandong, China.