Fish Meal Replacement by Mixed Plant Protein in the Diets for Juvenile Yellow Catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco: Effects on Growth Performance and Health Status

Table 1

Ingredients and proximate compositions of the experimental diets (g kg^-1 dry matter).

Ingredients(g kg^−1)	Control	RM10	RM20	RM30	RM40
Fish meal^a	250	225	200	175	150
Chicken meat meal^a	200	200	200	200	200
Soybean meal^a	120	120	120	120	120
Peanut meal^a	50	50	50	50	50
Wheat starch ^a	161.75	161.75	161.75	161.75	161.75
Corn gluten meal^a	80	80	80	80	80
Rapeseed meal^a	0	24.9	51.7	78.6	105.5
Cottonseed meal^a	0	14.6	27.6	40.6	53.6
Corn oil	20	18.68	17.34	15.99	14.65
Fish oil	10	12.04	14.09	16.13	18.18
Ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate^b	10	10	10	10	10
Vitamin premix^c	5	5	5	5	5
Mineral premix^d	5	5	5	5	5
Choline^b	5	5	5	5	5
Ca(H2PO4)2·H2O^b	10	11.75	13.5	15.25	17
Y2O3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Cellulose	72.75	55.78	38.52	21.18	3.82
Proximate analysis (% dry matter basis)
Dry matter	94.6	94.5	94.6	94.6	94.6
Crude protein	44.0	43.9	43.7	44.0	44.0
Crude lipid	9.43	8.85	8.82	8.96	9.00
Ash	8.79	8.83	8.77	8.88	8.63
Free gossypol (mg/kg)	ND	24.77	41.49	56.75	78.10

ND: not detectable. ^a Supplied by Zhanjiang Yuehai Feed Co., Ltd. (Zhanjiang, China); fish meal, 69.95% crude protein and 9.03% crude lipid; chicken meat meal, 63.42% crude protein and 12.49% crude lipid; soybean meal, 47.16% crude protein and 1.67% crude lipid; peanut meal, 50.79% crude protein and 7.21% crude lipid; wheat starch, 11.25% crude protein and 1.69% crude lipid; corn gluten meal, 60.69% crude protein and 3.81% crude lipid; rapeseed meal, 40.64% crude protein and 3.98% crude lipid; cottonseed meal, 51.89% crude protein and 3.29% crude lipid. ^bSupplied by Shanghai Hanhong Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). ^cVitamin premix (mg or IU per kg diet): retinylacetate, 10000 IU; cholecalciferol, 1000 IU; all-rac-a-tocopheryl acetate, 30 IU; menadione nicotinamide bisulfite, 7; thiamine hydrochloride, 6; riboflavin, 3; pyridoxine hydrochloride, 12; D-calcium pantothenate, 30; niacin, 50; biotin, 1; folic acid, 6; cyanocobalamine, 0.03. ^dMineral mixture (mg per kg diet): Ca(H₂PO₃)₂·H₂O, 1000; FeSO₄·7H₂O, 40; ZnSO₄·7H₂O, 40; MnSO₄.H₂O, 40; CuSO₄·5H₂O, 2; CaIO₃·6H₂O, 3; Na₂SeO₃, 0.05; CoSO₄, 0.05.