Aquaculture species |
Feed ingredient |
Description |
Digestibility type |
Digestibility (%)
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Data source |
European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) |
Wheat gluten |
Cereal grain product, plant protein |
Protein |
99.99 |
Pérez et al., 1997; Robaina et al., 1999 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Anchovy fishmeal |
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Potassium (K) |
99.90 |
Sugiura et al., 1998 |
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) |
Wheat gluten meal |
Cereal grain product, plant product, low-protein |
Protein |
99.90 |
Tibbetts, Milley and Lall, 2006 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Poultry–BP meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.90 |
Sugiura et al., 1998 |
Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) |
Blood meal (spray dried) |
|
Gross energy |
99.90 |
Allan et al., 2000 |
Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) |
Fishmeal |
Fishery product, animal protein source |
Carbohydrate |
99.80 |
Imsland et al., 2003; Rema et al., 2008; Dias et al., 2010 |
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
Fishmeal |
Fishery product, animal protein source |
Lipid |
99.80 |
NRC, 1983; Degani, Viola and Yehuda, 1997 |
Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) |
Wheat gluten |
Cereal grain product, plant protein |
Protein |
99.80 |
Allan et al., 2000 |
Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) |
Wheat meal |
|
Carbohydrate |
99.80 |
Imsland et al., 2003; Rema et al., 2008; Dias et al., 2010 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Canola meal, pressed |
|
Protein |
99.60 |
Glencross, 2011 |
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) |
Wheat gluten |
Cereal grain product, plant protein |
Protein |
99.60 |
Zeitoun et al., 1974; Konecki, Woody and Quinn, 1995; Sugiura et al., 1998 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Cottonseed meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.60 |
Cheng and Hardy, 2002b |
Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) |
Wheat 1 (Aust. Std. Wheat) |
|
Protein |
99.50 |
Allan et al., 2000 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Cottonseed meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.50 |
Cheng and Hardy, 2002b |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Cottonseed meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.40 |
Cheng and Hardy, 2002b |
Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) |
Fish soluble protein concentrate (79.4% CP) |
|
Protein |
99.30 |
Velasco et al., 2000; Terrazas–Fierro et al., 2010 |
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) |
Poultry–BP meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.20 |
Zeitoun et al., 1974; Konecki, Woody and Quinn, 1995; Sugiura et al., 1998 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Herring meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.00 |
Sugiura et al., 1998 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Deboned meal |
|
Potassium (K) |
99.00 |
Sugiura et al., 1998 |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
Soybean meal |
|
Protein |
99.00 |
Glencross et al., 2004 |