Complete replacement of fish meal by plant protein ingredients with dietary essential amino acids supplementation for juvenile blunt snout bream ( Megalobrama amblycephala )

Six extruded diets were formulated with a graded level of fish meal (FM); diet 1 and diet 2 were formulated with 80 g/kg FM; diet 3 and diet 4 were formulated with 40 g/kg FM; and diet 5 and diet 6 were devoid of FM. Hence, diet 2, diet 4 and diet 6 were supplemented with essential amino acids (EAAs). The diets were fed throughout an eight-week feeding trial. The results revealed that specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion ratio (FCR), body...