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Table 1 Formulation and proximate composition of 7 experimental diets (percent of dry matter basis)

From: Effects of three different dietary plant protein sources as fishmeal replacers in juvenile whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Ingredients (% in diet)

Diets1

CON

SB20

SB40

ST20

ST40

SM20

SM40

 Fishmeal (Chille)

30.0

24.0

18.0

24.0

18.0

24.0

18.0

 Soybean meal

15.0

23.8

32.5

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

 Soytide

0.00

0.00

0.00

7.20

14.5

0.00

0.00

 Sesame meal

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.70

19.6

 Poultry by-product

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

 Blood meal

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

2.00

 Meat and bone meal

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

 Squid liver powder

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.30

3.30

 Wheat gluten meal

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

 Wheat flour

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

 Corn starch

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

 Fish oil

3.60

3.90

4.20

4.00

4.40

3.00

2.40

 Others

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

 Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Proximate analysis (% of DM)

 Moisture

9.10

9.10

8.80

8.10

8.80

9.30

8.50

 Protein

41.8

42.0

41.9

41.8

41.9

41.0

41.9

 Lipid

9.80

9.80

9.80

9.70

9.90

9.70

9.90

 Ash

10.4

9.70

9.70

9.10

9.50

9.80

9.60

  1. CON control diet (the basal diet), SB20 soybean meal at 20% FM replacement, SB40 soybean meal at 40% FM replacement, ST20 soytide at 20% FM replacement, ST40 soytide at 40% FM replacement, SM20 sesame meal at 20% FM replacement, SM40 sesame meal at 20% FM replacement