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)