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Rapid Determination and Amino Acid Requirements of Lepomis Sunfish

Duration:
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Description

The second nutrition funded project.  Chaired by Robert Hayward.

Objectives:

1.  Develop a least-cost diet for bluegill Lepomis macrochirus by:

(a) Evaluating amino acid availability of dietary ingredients for bluegills,

(b) Evaluating amino acid composition of bluegills,

(c) Evaluating limiting amino acid requirements of bluegills, and

(d) Making a least-cost diet formulation model available to the industry within a two-year period.

Principal Investigator(s)/Institution Objectives

Funding

Robert S. Hayward (University of Missouri-Columbia)

1 a-d

$80,000

 

Total

$80,000

Project Outline (197K)

Termination Report (95K)

 

Project Number: 2

Award Amount

$80000.00

Award Number

2006-38500-16900