Table 4 Formulation and composition of fish meal (FM) and soybean meal (SBM) diets per 100 g. Diet composition is presented in percent dry matter (%DM).

From: Transcriptomic response to soybean meal-based diets as the first formulated feed in juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Ingredient

FM (100 g)

SBM (100 g)

Menhaden Fish Meal1

54.09

12.00

Soybean Meal (3011)2

52.86

Wheat Flour

30.15

14.96

Fish Oil

4.34

8.00

Soybean oil

1.98

0.24

Lecithin

3.00

3.00

CPSP3

4.00

4.00

Vitamin mix4

1.00

1.00

Mineral mix5

0.10

0.10

Vitamin C

0.10

0.10

Choline Chloride

0.06

0.06

Calcium Phosphate

1.00

Lysine

1.50

Methionine

0.33

0.33

Arginine

0.65

0.65

Threonine

0.20

0.20

TOTAL

100.00

100.00

Composition

FM (% DM)

SBM (% DM)

Dry Matter

91.7

94.35

Crude Protein

42.4

43.9

Crude Lipid

15.6

13.6

Ash

10.7

6.7

Cholesterol

1.59

0.49

  1. 1Menhaden special select fish meal, 6% fat, 59.03% protein.
  2. 2Defatted soybean meal (Schillinger Genetics, West Des Moines, IA.) 1.7% fat, 58.9% Protein.
  3. 3Soluble fish protein hydrolysate (Sopropeche, Boulogne Sur Mer, France).
  4. 4Mineral Mix: Five milligrams Se in the form of sodium selenite per kg Bern-hart Tomarelli salt mixture (ICN Pharmaceuticals, Costa Mesa, CA, USA).
  5. 5Vitamin Mix: Roche Performance Premix composition (g kg-1 of vitamin mixture): vitamin A acetate, 7.56;
  6. cholecalciferol, 0.0055; a- tocopheryl acetate, 66.1; vitamin B12, 0.0013; riboflavin, 13.2; niacin, 61.7; D- pantothenic acid, 22.1; menadione, 1.32; folic acid, 1.76; pyridoxine, 4.42; thiamin, 7.95; J-biotin, 0.31 (Hoffman-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, USA).