Research Article

An Evaluation of Replacing Soybean Meal with Proteolytic Soybean Meal in Low-Fish-Meal Diet on Growth Performance, Expression of Immune-Related Genes, and Resistance against Vibrio alginolyticus in White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Table 1

Composition of the experimental diets (g/kg dry matter basis).

IngredientsTreatments
Control35455565

Brown fish meala5050505050
Corn protein powdera8080808080
Soybean meala305270260250240
Peanut meala8080808080
Spray-dried blood powdera3535353535
Beer yeast cella4040404040
Meat meala4040404040
Methioninea11111
Floura235.7235.7235.7235.7235.7
[Ca(H2PO4)2]a2020202020
Soybean lecithina2020202020
Fish oila3535353535
Squid pastea3030303030
Mineral premixb1515151515
Vitamin premixc1010101010
Choline chloridea33333
VC phosphatea0.30.30.30.30.3
Proteolytic soybean meald035455565
Total10001000100010001000
Proximate compositions (%)
Moisture11.8412.3712.1212.2912.09
Ash7.737.367.537.317.18
Crude protein39.5539.2839.4539.1439.59
Total lipid12.4012.5412.7612.7012.19

aGuangdong Yuehai Feed Co., Ltd. bPer kg mineral premix contains: 0.8 g Co, 0.02 g Se, 3 g Cu, 10 g Zn, 3.8 g Mn, 1 g Fe, 12 g Mg, 90 g K, and 10.5 g Ca. cPer kg vitamin premix contains: 8 million IU of vitamin A, 5 g thiamine-HCl, 15 g riboflavin, 2 million IU of cholecalciferol, 50 g DL-α-tocopherol, 8 g pyridoxine-HCl, 10 g menadione, 0.02 g cyanocobalamin, 40 g nicotinamide, 25 g Ca-pantothenate, 2.5 g folic acid, 0.08 g biotin, and 100 g inositol. dTaizhou Fuyi Biological Co., Ltd.