Nutritional value of feed peas (Pisum sativum)
 in practical diet formulations for
 Litopenaeus vannamei.

Grain legumes

Feed peas

Feed pea

Objective

Test Ingredients

Experiments

Test diets used for the variable replacement.
(36% protein and 9% lipid)

Test diets used for the fixed replacement.
(36% protein and 9% lipid)

Experimental conditions

Diets: Apparent protein (APD) and energy (AED) digestibility values for juvenile (8-10g) shrimp.

Ingredients: Apparent protein (APD) and energy (AED) digestibility values for juvenile (8-10g) shrimp.

Whole pea meal

Digestibility summary

Growth ?

Two 7 week feeding trial
Juvenile shrimp

Response of juvenile (1.1 g shrimp) over a 7 week feeding trial.

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Growth response of juvenile (0.66 g shrimp) over a 7 week feeding trial (25% replacement).

Response of juvenile (0.66 g shrimp) over a 7 week feeding trial.

Pea’s and shrimp feeds

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