Dietary glycine supplementation improves the growth performance of 110- to 240-g (phase II) hybrid striped bass (Morone saxatilis ♀× Morone chrysops ♂) fed soybean meal-based diets

Author:

He Wenliang1,Li Xinyu1,Wu Guoyao1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX 77843 , USA

Abstract

Abstract We recently reported that supplementing glycine to soybean meal (SBM)-based diets is necessary for optimum growth of 5- to 40-g (phase I) hybrid striped bass (HSB). The present study tested the hypothesis that supplementing glycine to SBM-based diets may enhance the growth of 110- to 240-g (phase II) HSB. HSB (the initial body weight of approximately 110 g) were fed an SBM (58%)-based diet supplemented with 0%, 1%, or 2% of glycine, with l-alanine serving as the isonitrogenous control. There were four tanks per dietary group, with four fish per tank. The fish were fed their respective diets to apparent satiation twice daily. The feed intake and body weight of fish were recorded daily and every 2 wk, respectively. At the end of the 56-d feeding trial, plasma and tissue samples were collected to determine amino acid concentrations and histological alterations, and tissues were used to measure the oxidation of l-glutamate, l-glutamine, l-aspartate, and glycine. Results showed that dietary supplementation with 1% and 2% glycine dose-dependently increased (P < 0.05) the concentration of glycine in the plasma of HSB by 48% and 99%, respectively. Compared with the 0%-glycine group, dietary supplementation with 1% glycine did not affect (P > 0.05) the feed intake of HSB but increased (P < 0.05) their final body weight, weight gain, and gain:feed ratio during the whole period by 13%, 29%, and 21%, respectively. Compared with the 1% glycine group, dietary supplementation with 2% glycine increased (P < 0.05) the feed intake, final body weight, and weight gain of HSB by 13%, 7%, and 14%, respectively. Compared with the 0%-glycine group, fish fed with the 1%-glycine and 2%-glycine diets had a greater (P < 0.05) villus height in the proximal intestine, when compared with the 0%-glycine group. Collectively, these results indicated that SBM-based diets did not provide sufficient glycine for phase II HSB (110 to 240 g) and that dietary glycine supplementation is essential for their optimum growth and intestinal structure.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology,General Medicine,Food Science

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