| Table 15. Dietary nutritional deficiency symptoms ascribed to essential amino acid (EAA) and fatty acid (EFA) | |
| EAA/EFA | Deficiency symptoms |
| EAA | |
| Lysine | |
| Methionine | Lower weight gains and feed efficiency ratios as well as slightly higher hepatosomatic indices (a) |
| Typtophan | Reduced growth (b)� |
| Essential fatty acid | Pale color, Erratic swim, �Faint� behaviour, mortality (c); Reddening of the fins, abnormal appearance of eyes, swollen and pale liver (d) |
| Data source: (a) Coloso et al. (1999); (b) Coloso et al. (2004); (c) Dhert et al. (1990), Rimmer et al. (1994); (d) Wanakowat et al. (1993) | |