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The dietary protein requirement of juvenile turbot (initial average weight, 38.2 g ± 0.1 g) reared indoor in aerated aquaria was determined in this study. Five energy equal experimental diets were formulated with fish meal as protein source, which contained different concentrations of protein (47.2%, 51.0%, 54.6%, 59.3% and 63.6% of dry diet). Three groups of fish with 18 individuals in each, were cultured in 300-L tanks and fed twice a day for 8 weeks. During culture, temperature was controlled between 15.0 and 18.0°C, salinity was controlled between 28.5 and 32.0, acidity was controlled between pH7.8 and pH8.5, and ammonia nitrogen was maintained below 0.03 mg L−1 and dissolved oxygen was maintained about 7 mg L−1. Results showed that the growth of fish was significantly affected by dietary protein content (P < 0.05). Specific growth rate (SGR) of turbot increased when dietary protein content varied between 47.2% and 51.0% (P < 0.05), and then kept stable when dietary protein content was higher than 51.0%. Fish which were fed the diet containing 63.6% protein showed the highest SGR while those fed the diet containing 59.3% protein showed the highest feed efficiency rate. No significant difference of feed intake and protein efficiency ratio was found among experimental diets (P > 0.05). Broken-line regression analysis of SGR showed that the optimal dietary protein requirement of turbot was about 57.0%.
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Liu, X., Mai, K., Liufu, Z. et al. Dietary protein requirement of juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus Linnaeus). J. Ocean Univ. China 14, 325–328 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-015-2360-3
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