Effects of Dietary Protein and Lipid Levels on Growth, Metabolism, Antioxidative Capacity, and Fillet Quality of Adult Triploid Rainbow Trout Farmed in Net Cage

The research is aimed at investigating the effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on adult triploid rainbow trout growth performance, feed utilization, digestive and metabolic enzyme activities, antioxidative capacity, and fillet quality. Nine diets containing three dietary protein levels (DP) (300, 350, and 400 g kg-1) and three dietary lipid levels (DL) (200, 250, and 300 g kg-1) were prepared using a 3×3 factorial design. In freshwater cages, 13,500 adult female triploid rainbow trout (3.2±0.1 kg) were cultured for 77 days. Triplicate cages (500 fish per cage) were used as repetitions of each experimental diet. The findings revealed that as DP increased to 400 g kg-1 and DL raised to 300 g kg-1, the weight gain ratio (WGR) elevated significantly (P