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Nutrient Requirements of Fish (1993)
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Nutrient Requirements of Fish

Committee on Animal Nutrition

Board on Agriculture

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1993

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Nutrient Requirements of Fish Committee on Animal Nutrition Board on Agriculture National Research Council NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C. 1993

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NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20418 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Robert M. White is president of the National Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Kenneth I. Shine is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. Robert M. White are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council. This study was supported by the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 59-32U4-5-6, and by the Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement No. FD-U-000006-10. Additional support was provided by the American Feed Industry Association. Dissemination of the report was supported in part by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nutrient requirements of fish / Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council. p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-309-04891-5 1. Fishes—Nutrition—Requirements. 2. Fishes—Feeding and feeds. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Animal Nutrition. SH156.N86 1993 639.3—dc20 93-39031 CIP Copyright 1993 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. Printed in the United States of America First Printing, December 1993 Second Printing, April 1999

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISH NUTRITION RICHARD T. LOVELL, Chair, Auburn University C. YOUNG CHO, University of Guelph and Fisheries Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada COLIN B. COWEY, University of Guelph, Canada KONRAD DABROWSKI, The Ohio State University STEVEN HUGHES, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SANTOSH LALL, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Ocean, Canada TAKESHI MURAI, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Tokyo, Japan ROBERT P. WILSON, Mississippi State University COMMITTEE ON ANIMAL NUTRITION HAROLD F. HINTZ, Chair, Cornell University DONALD C. BEITZ, Iowa State University GARY L. CROMWELL, University of Kentucky ROGER W. HEMKEN, University of Kentucky LAURIE M. LAWRENCE, University of Kentucky LARRY P. MILLIGAN, University of Guelph, Canada JERRY L. SELL, Iowa State University OLAV T. OFTEDAL, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. ROBERT P. WILSON, Mississippi State University Staff MARY I. POOS, Project Director BARBARA J. RICE, Editor JANET OVERTON, Editor DENNIS BLACKWELL, Project Assistant KAMAR PATEL, Senior Project Assistant* BOARD ON AGRICULTURE THEODORE L. HULLAR, Chair, University of California, Davis PHILIP H. ABELSON, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. JOHN M. ANTLE, Montana State University DALE E. BAUMAN, Cornell University WILLIAM B. DELAUDER, Delaware State University SUSAN K. HARLANDER, Land O'Lakes, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota PAUL W. JOHNSON, Natural Resources Consultant, Decorah, Iowa T. KENT KIRK, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Madison, Wisconsin JAMES R. MOSELEY, Jim Moseley Farms, Inc., Clark Hills, Indiana, and Purdue University DONALD R. NIELSEN, University of California, Davis NORMAN R. SCOTT, Cornell University GEORGE E. SEIDEL, JR., Colorado State University PATRICIA B. SWAN, Iowa State University JOHN R. WELSER, The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan FREDERIC WINTHROP, JR., The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, Massachusetts Staff SUSAN OFFUTT, Executive Director JAMES E. TAVARES, Associate Executive Director CARLA CARLSON, Director of Communications JANET OVERTON, Editor *   Through February 1992

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Preface The Subcommittee on Fish Nutrition was appointed in 1989 under the auspices of the Board on Agriculture's Committee on Animal Nutrition (CAN) to update and revise the 1981 edition of Nutrient Requirements of Coldwater Fishes and the 1983 edition of Nutrient Requirements of Warmwater Fishes and Shellfishes. New research indicates that similarities in the nutrition and feeding of cold-water and warm-water species do not warrant separate reports. Therefore, this edition combines all species of finish having commercial significance. (See Appendix Table A-1 for a list of fish discussed in this report.) It aims to expand knowledge on the nutrient requirements of finfish, diet formulations and preparation, and feeding practices. The origins of CAN can be traced to the earliest days of the National Research Council, which was established in 1916 as the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences. One of the major activities of the committee has been the development of nutrient requirement standards for domestic animals, including standards for laboratory animals. In 1943, the first appointments were made for subcommittees on the nutrition of poultry and swine. Since then, subcommittees have also been formed on the nutrient requirements of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, horses, foxes and mink, dogs, cats, rabbits, laboratory animals, goats, nonhuman primates, warm-water fish and shellfish, and coldwater fish. These reports have been revised from time to time as new information on quantitative nutrient requirements has become available. The Overview of this report is followed by eight chapters. Chapter 1 presents dietary requirements necessary for the normal health, growth, and reproduction of fish. Chapter 2 discusses materials in feedstuffs, other than nutrients, that may affect physical, palatability, or nutritional properties of the feed or metabolism of the fish. Chapter 3 covers antinutrients and adventitious toxins that may be present in feedstuffs and the varying susceptibilities of different fish to them. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 focus on the nutrient availability of feedstuffs for various species as well as the formulation and feeding of commercial diets that are nutritionally balanced mixtures of feed ingredients with desired physical properties. Feeding practices for larval fish and various fish species are detailed. Chapter 7 is a table of minimum nutrient requirements for maximum performance of five fish. These values represent minimum requirements for young, rapidly growing fish under optimal growing conditions. The values have not been increased to include a margin of safety commonly added in practice to compensate for ingredient variation, processing and storage losses, and variation in requirements caused by environmental effects. Therefore, those given here should be adjusted for practical allowances in feed formulation. Also, if the requirements are not given for a particular species, those established for a related species can often be discreetly substituted. As more information becomes available on nutrient requirements, the recommended allowances for specific needs will be refined. Chapter 8 provides tables of feed ingredient composition for defining and formulating fish feeds for research and commercial practices. The nutrient composition data represent chemical analyses with no correction for availability to the animal. Therefore, the level of the feed ingredient, when used in diet formulation, must be adjusted to allow for availability to the fish. Aquatic crustaceans (arthropods with mandibles, antennae, legs, or leg like appendages on the abdomen and thorax, and no wings) are not included in this edition because of the lack of published research data on their nutrient requirements. However, crustacean aquaculture is a viable commercial enterprise worldwide, and this subcommittee recognizes

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the need for nutritional information for these species. Most of the data presented in this report are for small fish, and it is recognized that nutrient requirements change as fish size increases. Also, environment influences nutrient requirements; therefore, future research should address effects of temperature, disease, and various other stresses on the nutritional needs of fish. More research is also needed on the nutrient requirements that have a large impact on feed costs, such as amino acids and energy-protein ratios, to refine or support existing values that in many cases are based on a single set of experimental conditions. Richard T. Lovell, Chair Subcommittee on Fish Nutrition

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Contents     OVERVIEW   1 1.   DIETARY REQUIREMENTS   3     Energy   3     Protein and Amino Acids   6     Lipids   13     Carbohydrates   15     Minerals   16     Vitamins   21 2.   OTHER DIETARY COMPONENTS   33     Water   33     Fiber   33     Hormones   34     Antibiotics   34     Antioxidants   34     Pigments   35     Pellet Binders   36     Feeding Stimulants   36 3.   ANTINUTRIENTS AND ADVENTITIOUS TOXINS   38     Antinutrients Present in Feedstuffs   38     Natural Contaminants of Feedstuffs   40     Heavy Metals   41     Pesticides   42 4.   DIGESTIBILITY AND ABSORPTION   43     Methods of Digestibility Determination   43     Factors Affecting Digestibility   44     Nutrient Digestibility   44 5.   DIET FORMULATION AND PROCESSING   49     Use of Nutrient Requirement Data   49     Formulating Fish Diets   49     Commercial Diet Ingredients   50     Quality of Ingredients   50

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    Feed Processing   51     Natural Ingredient Reference Diets   52     Purified Research Diets   52 6.   FEEDING PRACTICES   55     Feeding Larval Fish   55     Channel Catfish   56     Tilapia   57     Striped Bass and Hybrid Bass   58     Rainbow Trout   58     Pacific Salmon   60     Atlantic Salmon   60 7.   NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS TABLE   62 8.   COMPOSITION OF FEED INGREDIENTS   64     REFERENCES   72     APPENDIX   95     AUTHORS   103     INDEX   105

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Tables and Figure TABLES 1-1   Optimum Protein: Energy Ratio for Different Fish   5 1-2   Estimated Dietary Protein Requirement for Maximal Growth of Some Species of Juvenile Fish   7 1-3   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Chinook Salmon   7 1-4   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Common Carp   8 1-5   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Channel Catfish   8 1-6   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Japanese Eel   9 1-7   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Nile Tilapia   9 1-8   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Rainbow Trout   10 1-9   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Coho Salmon   10 1-10   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Chum Salmon   11 1-11   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Mossambique Tilapia   11 1-12   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Gilthead Sea Bream   12 1-13   Amino Acid Requirements of Juvenile Lake Trout   12 1-14   Essential Fatty Acid Requirement of Fish   14 1-15   Vitamin Requirements for Growing Fish Determined with Chemically Defined Diets in a Controlled Environment   23 2-1   Astaxanthin Content of Selected Natural Materials Used for Pigmentation of Salmonids   35 2-2   Xanthophyll Content of Selected Plant Materials   36 4-1   Apparent Digestibility of Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate in Selected Diet Ingredients for Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish, and Blue Tilapia   45 4-2   True Amino Acid Availability and Protein Digestibility Values for Certain Feed Ingredients for Atlantic Salmon and Channel Catfish   46

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4-3   Net Absorption of Phosphorus from Various Sources by Channel Catfish, Common Carp, and Rainbow Trout   47 5-1   Suggested Quality Standards of fishmeal and Fish Oil for Salmonid Diets   51 5-2   Examples of Natural Ingredient Reference Diets for Salmonids and Channel Catfish   53 5-3   Examples of Purified Reference Diets   54 6-1   Example of Daily Feeding Allowances for Channel Catfish Fed Once Daily from April until October in Ponds in the Southern United States   57 6-2   Example of Daily Feeding Allowances and Frequencies for Various Sizes of Tilapias at 28°C   58 6-3   Example of Daily Feeding Guide for Rainbow Trout Calculated from Energy Requirements of Fish of Various Sizes   59 7-1   Nutrient Requirements for Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Pacific Salmon, Common Carp, and Tilapia as Percentages of Diet, Milligrams per Kilogram of Diet, or International Units (IU) per Kilogram of Diet   63 8-1   Proximate Composition and Digestible and Metabolizable Energy Values for Natural and Chemically Defined Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds   65 8-2   Amino Acid Composition of Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds   67 8-3   Mineral Composition of Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds   68 8-4   Vitamin Composition of Ingredients Commonly Used in Fish Feeds   69 8-5   Fatty Acid Composition of Common Animal Fats, Fish Oils, and Vegetable Oils   70 FIGURE 1-1   Schematic presentation of the fate of dietary energy   3 APPENDIX TABLES A-1   Common and Scientific Names of Species Discussed in This Report   97 A-2   Amino Acid and Mineral Deficiency Signs Reported in Fish   98 A-3   Major Vitamin Deficiency Signs Reported in Fish   100

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