# Adequately Defining the Amino Acid Requirements of Fish: The Case Example of Lysine
							| Avances en Nutrición Acuicola

> A University of Guelph review argues that published lysine requirements for rainbow trout vary widely and that current NRC estimates are too low. The authors suggest about 2.3% of diet for maximum weight gain and about 2.7% for maximum protein gain.

- Date: 2019-10-29 · published 2019-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56897-adequately-defining-the-amino-acid-requirements-of-fish-the-case-example-of
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

This is an academic finding that could change how aquafeed lysine is specified over time. It is unlikely to move prices in the near term but may raise lysine demand in fish feed formulations.

## Read by commodity

- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- nutricionacuicola.uanl.mx: https://nutricionacuicola.uanl.mx/index.php/acu/en/article/view/159

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