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Nutrient Requirements of Fish (1993)
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National Research Council. "7. Nutrient Requirements Table." Nutrient Requirements of Fish. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1993. 1. Print.

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TABLE 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 (as-fed basis)a

 

Channel Catfish

Rainbow Trout

Pacific Salmon

Common Carp

Tilapia

Energy Baseb (kcal DE/kg diet)->

3,000

3,600

3,600

3,200

3,000

Protein, crude (digestible), percent

32 (28)

38 (34)

38 (34)

35 (30.5)

32 (28)

Amino acids

Arginine, percent

1.20

1.5

2.04

1.31

1.18

Histidine, percent

0.42

0.7

0.61

0.64

0.48

Isoleucine, percent

0.73

0.9

0.75

0.76

0.87

Leucine, percent

0.98

1.4

1.33

1.00

0.95

Lysine, percent

1.43

1.8

1.70

1.74

1.43

Methionine + cystine, percent

0.64

1.0

1.36

0.94

0.90

Phenylalanine + tyrosine, percent

1.40

1.8

1.73

1.98

1.55

Threonine, percent

0.56

0.8

0.75

1.19

1.05

Tryptophan, percent

0.14

0.2

0.17

0.24

0.28

Valine, percent

0.84

1.2

1.09

1.10

0.78

n-3 fatty acids, percent

0.5-1

1

1-2

1

—  

n-6 fatty acids, percent

—

1

—

1

0.5-1

Macrominerals

Calcium, percent

R

1E

NT

NT

R

Chlorine, percent

R

0.9E

NT

NT

NT

Magnesium, percent

0.04

0.05

NT

0.05

0.06

Phosphorus, percent

0.45

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.5

Potassium, percent

R

0.7

0.8

NT

NT

Sodium, percent

R

0.6E

NT

NT

NT

Microminerals

Copper, mg/kg

5

3

NT

3

R  

Iodine, mg/kg

1.1E

1.1

0.6-1.1

NT

NT

Iron, mg/kg

30

60

NT

150

NT

Manganese, mg/kg

2.4

13

R

13

R

Zinc, mg/kg

20

30

R

30

20

Selenium, mg/kg

0.25

0.3

R

NT

NT

Fat-soluble vitamins

A, IU/kg

1,000-2,000

2,500

2,500

4,000

NT

D, IU/kg

500

2,400

NT

NT

NT

E, IU/kg

50

50

50

100

50

K, mg/kg

R

R

R

NT

NT

Water-soluble vitamins

Ribolfavin, mg/kg

9

4

7

7

6

Pantothenic acid, mg/kg

15

20

20

30

10

Niacin, mg/kg

14

10

R

28

NT

Vitamin B12, mg/kg

R

0.01E

R

NR

NR

Choline, mg/kg

400

1,000

800

500

NT

Biotin, mg/kg

R

0.15

R

1

NT

Folate, mg/kg

1.5

1.0

2

NR

NT

Thiamin, mg/kg

1

1

R

0.5

NT

Vitamin B6, mg/kg

3

3

6

6NT

 

Myoinsitol, mg/kg

NR

300

300

440

NT

Vitamin C, mg/kg

25-50

50

50

R

50

NOTE: These requirements have been determined with highly purified ingredients in which the nutrients are highly digestible, therefore the values presented represent near 100 percent bioavailability.

a R, required in diet but quantity not determined; NR, no dietary requirement demonstrated under experimental conditions; NT, not tested; and E, estimated.

b Typical energy concentrations in commercial diets.
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