| Sumario: | Experiments have shown that cyprinid fish species respond to supplemental free amino acids allowing for dose-response studies to determine optimal concentrations. While dose-response experiments have limitations, the factorial approach considering requirements for performance and maintenance offers an alternative way to define amino acid recommendations. Evonik’s AMINOLab® database provides comprehensive information on the amino acid composition of common carp body protein. In addition, various experiments provide data on utilisation of dietary amino acids for deposition in body protein. Research also shows that free amino acids are utilised as effective as amino acids from intact feed proteins. This information can be used for modelling amino acid recommendations. AMINOCarp™ is a software which provides amino acid recommendations for common carp feed. These recommendations can be adjusted to growth rate of carp, feeding rate of carp, average body weight at start of feeding phase, feeding frequency and proportion of natural feed to overall feed intake.
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