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Table 1 Formulation and chemical analysis of the five experimental diets for olive flounder (P. olivaceus) (%, dry matter)

From: Taurine supplementation in diet for olive flounder at low water temperature

Ingredients

Experimental diets

Control

T1

T2

T3

T4

 Brown fish meal

50.0

50.0

50.0

50.0

50.0

 Soybean meal

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

 Corn gluten meal

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

 Wheat flour

27.0

27.0

27.0

27.0

27.0

 Fish oil

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00

 Starch

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Mineral mixa

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Vitamin mixb

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Choline chloride

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

0.50

 Glycine

1.50

1.25

1.00

0.50

0.00

 Taurine

0.00

0.25

0.50

1.00

1.50

Chemical analysis (%, dry matter)

 Moisture

6.9

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.1

 Crude protein

48.9

48.8

49.2

49.0

49.0

 Crude lipid

13.2

13.0

13.1

13.0

13.2

 Crude ash

8.0

8.1

8.1

8.2

8.2

 Taurine

0.12

0.33

0.42

0.92

1.34

  1. aMineral premix (g/kg mixture): MgSO4.7H2O, 80.0; NaH2PO4.2H2O, 370.0; KCl, 130.0; Ferric citrate, 40.0; ZnSO4.7H2O, 20.0; Ca-lactate, 356.5; CuCl2, 0.2; AlCl3. 6H2O, 0.15; Na2Se2O3, 0.01; MnSO4.H2O, 2.0; CoCl2.6H2O, 1.0
  2. bVitamin premix (g/kg mixture): L-ascorbic acid, 121.2; DL-a tocopheryl acetate, 18.8; thiamin hydrochloride, 2.7; riboflavin, 9.1; pyridoxine hydrochloride, 1.8; niacin, 36.4; Ca-D-pantothenate, 12.7; myo-inositol, 181.8;D-biotin, 0.27; folic acid, 0.68; p-aminobezoic acid, 18.2; menadione, 1.8; retinyl acetate, 0.73; cholecalficerol, 0.003; cyanocobalamin, 0.003