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Fishmeal levels can be successfully reduced in white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) if supplemented with DL-Methionine (DL-Met) or DL-Methionyl-DL-Methionine (Met-Met)

Journal

AQUACULTURE NUTRITION
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 1144-1152

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/anu.12653

Keywords

DL-methionine; fishmeal reduction; growth performance; Litopenaeus vannamei; Met-Met

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  1. Evonik Degussa GmbH of Germany [03 86 11001, A201601C11]
  2. Evonik Degussa (China) Co., Ltd., 12/F, Taikang Financial Tower, Building 1, 38 East 3rd Ring, North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
  3. Project of National Modern Industrial Technology System of Shrimp [CARS-47]
  4. Project of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province [2013B090600045]
  5. Project of Marine Fishery Science and Technology of Guangdong Province [03 86 11001, A201601C11]

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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of methionine supplementation when reducing fishmeal levels in diets for white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Tested diets consisted of a positive control with 260 g/kg fishmeal (D1), two negative controls with 100 g/kg fishmeal and no amino acid (AA) supplementation (D2) or supplemented with lysine but not methionine (D3), and four additional diets with 100 g/kg fishmeal supplemented with increasing levels of DL-Met (1.0, 2.0 or 3.0g/kg) (D4, D5, D6) or Met-Met (1.0 g/kg) (D7). Each diet was fed to four groups of 30 shrimp for 8weeks at a daily rate of 70 g/kg body weight. Reduction in fishmeal from 260 g/kg down to 100 g/kg did not significantly affect survival rate, feed conversion ratio (FCR), protein efficiency ratio (PER) or protein retention efficiency (PR%) of white shrimp. However, growth performance (final body weight, FBW; weight gain, WG; specific growth rate, SGR) was reduced when dietary fishmeal level was reduced from 260 g/kg (D1) to 100 g/kg without methionine supplementation (D2). The growth performance (FBW, WG and SGR) of shrimp was significantly increased by supplementation of the 100 g/kg fishmeal diet with increasing levels of DL-Met (p < .05). Same performance as positive control (D1) was achieved with diets containing 100 g/kg fishmeal and supplemented with 3.0 g/kg DL-Met or 1.0 g/kg Met-Met. The highest values of growth performance (FBW, WG and SGR) were found in shrimp fed D6 and D7 diets, which were significantly higher than those of shrimp fed D2 and D3 diets (p < .05) but without statistical differences with shrimp fed D1, D4 and D5 diets (p > .05). The highest values of whole-body and muscle protein contents were found in shrimp fed D1 diet, which were significantly higher than those of shrimp fed all other diets (p < .05). The highest value of intestinal tract proteolytic enzyme activity was found in shrimp fed Met-Met-supplemented diet (D7) and followed by the positive control diet (D1) and 3 g/kg DL-Met-supplemented diet (D6) (p < .05). The highest values of apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) of dry matter and crude protein were found in Met-Met-supplemented diet (D7) and followed by the positive control diet (D1) (p < .05). Shrimp fed the D1 diet showed the highest value of total essential amino acid (EAA) and was significantly higher than shrimp fed D2-D3 (p < .05) but without significant difference with shrimp fed D4-D7 (p > .05). In conclusion, results showed that same performance can be achieved with diets containing 260 or 100 g/kg fishmeal supplemented with 3.0g/kg DL-Met or 1.0 g/kg Met-Met. Moreover, supplementation of limiting methionine in low-fishmeal diets seems to improve the digestive proteolytic activity, improving digestibility of dry matter and protein, and eventually to promote growth of juvenile white shrimp in fishmeal reduction diets.

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