Research Article

Influences of Partial Substitution of Fish Meal with Defatted Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae Meal in Diets on Growth Performance, Biochemical Parameters, and Body Composition of Juvenile Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Table 2

Amino acid and fatty acid compositions of the experimental diets (% dry matter basis).

ItemD1D2D3D4D5

Amino acidsa
Lys3.483.453.413.353.31
Phe2.112.182.242.312.38
Met1.171.171.181.191.19
Thr2.042.001.981.951.93
Ile2.052.042.022.011.99
Leu4.043.983.953.903.86
Val2.352.262.162.071.98
Try0.560.630.710.780.85
His1.341.331.311.301.28
Arg2.882.892.892.892.89
Cys0.510.520.530.520.53
Fatty acidsb
C12:00.000.420.831.251.66
C14:03.783.723.683.633.58
C16:012.3412.6112.8713.1413.4
C18:02.912.912.912.912.91
SFA19.0319.6620.2920.9321.55
C16:14.994.904.824.734.65
C18:18.169.019.8710.7311.58
MUFA13.1513.9214.6915.4616.23
C18:2n-68.559.029.499.9710.44
C20:4n-61.481.411.351.281.22
n-6 PUFA10.0310.4310.8411.2511.66
C18:3n-30.950.981.011.041.07
C20:5n-33.753.563.383.193.01
C22:5n-32.031.931.831.721.62
C22:6n-38.988.538.087.637.19
n-3 PUFA15.7115.0014.3013.5812.89

aLys: lysine; Phe: phenylalanine; Met: methionine; Thr: threonine; Ile: isoleucine; Leu: leucine; Val: valine; Asp: aspartic acid; Ser: serine; Glu: glutamic acid; Gly: glycine; Ala: alanine; Try: tryptophan; His: histidine; Arg: arginine; Pro: proline. bSFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids.