Effects of replacing soybean meal with cottonseed meal on growth, muscle amino acids, and hematology of juvenile common carp, Cyprinus carpio

A 56-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of replacing dietary soybean meal (SBM) with cottonseed meal (CSM) for juvenile common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Four isonitrogenous (34% crude protein) and isolipidic (6% crude lipid) diets were formulated by replacing 0%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of protein from SBM with protein from CSM (CSM0, CSM50, CSM75, CSM100, respectively). Each diet was assigned to triplicate tanks with 30 fish...