Response of rainbow trout to source and level of supplemental dietary methionine

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A: Physiology
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Abstract

1. Methionine and total sulfur amino acid (TSAA) requirements of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were investigated by feeding graded isosulfurous levels of l- and dl-methionine, l-cystine, and the free acid and calcium forms of methionine hydroxy analog (MHA).

2. Added cystine did not promote growth, survival or prevent cataracts.

3. l-methionine produced fastest growth, followed by dl-methionine, CaMHA and free acid MHA.

4. Trout fed CaMHA gained 85.7 and 92.3% as much as those fed l-methionine and dl-methionine.

5. Within each experiment, the level of L-methionine isomer that prevented cataracts was constant (1.86 g/100g protein in experiment (1), 1.45 in experiment (2) and was lower than for maximum growth (2.89 and 2.15 g) regardless of methionine source.


Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Response of rainbow trout to source and level of supplemental dietary methionine
Series title Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A: Physiology
DOI 10.1016/0300-9629(86)90720-6
Volume 83
Issue 4
Year Published 1986
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 6 p.
First page 739
Last page 744
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