Whole-body and muscle amino acid composition of Plata pompano (Trachinotus marginatus) and prediction of dietary essential amino acid requirements

Background: knowing the essential amino acid (EAA) requirement values is fundamental to formulate good quality and cost-effective fish feeds. However, such requirements have been established for few fish species. The estimation of amino acid requirements based on amino acid composition of fish is a...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Borges Tesser, Eduardo Martins da Silva, Luís A Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-06902014000400008&lng=en&tlng=en