Effect of dietary taurine supplementation on the growth and blood physiological parameters of juvenile pirarucu

ABSTRACT For some fish species, dietary taurine supplementation has been proven necessary in feeds with considerable utilization of vegetable proteins to substitute fishmeal. Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas feeds mainly on taurine-rich animal items in nature, therefore this study aimed to evaluate the effe...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Oeda RODRIGUES, Marcello Cappio Nunes SILVA, Emiliano Salvatore BERETTA, Flávio Augusto Leão da FONSECA, Giuliana PARISI, Luís Eugênio Castanheira da CONCEIÇÃO, Ligia Uribe GONÇALVES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2020-11-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672020000400289&tlng=en