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Effect of Fishmeal Substitution by Plant Protein Sources on Growth Performance and Body Composition of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata ) Fingerlings
Abstract  This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of partial and complete replacement of fishmeal (FM) protein by mixture of corn gluten and soybean meal as plant protein sources (...
Author: Abd Elhamid Eid ,Badiaa Abd Elfattah, Khaled Mohamed. Fac. of Agric. Egypt.
Publication date: 11/16/2009    Rating:    Views: 128

The Continuing Demand for Sustainable Fishmeal and Fish Oil in Aquaculture Diets
This article was previouly published in Aqua Feed Magazine, Issue September/October 2009 Throughout its history, aqua-culture has made use of fishmeal and fish oil to feed not only carnivorous and omnivorous f...
Author: Andrew Jackson, Technical Director, International Fishmeal and Oil Organisation
Publication date: 11/10/2009    Rating:    Views: 165

Health & nutrition developments in the rearing of marine fish larvae
Changes in ideas and product utilisation can yield significant survival and growth benefits for fish larvae. Combining nutritional and health strategies in rotifers and Artemia nauplii enhanced fish larvae grow...
Author: John S. Clark and Arjen Roem
Publication date: 10/07/2009    Rating:    Views: 455

Dietary effects of Potassium Diformate on the protein and fat digestability of Atlantic Salmon reared in sea water
Introduction Almost one-third of the world's fish harvest is not used for direct human consumption, but is converted into fish meal or fish oil for further application in animal feed. Therefore about 25 millio...
Author: C. Lückstädt and C. Schulz
Publication date: 08/19/2009    Rating:    Views: 139

The use of dietary acidifiers in tilapia nutrition and feeding
Routine use of antibiotics as growth promoters is a matter of debate in the animal farming industry. The EU has banned all antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) from livestock production with effect of January 2006...
Author: Christian Lückstädt
Publication date: 08/14/2009    Rating:    Views: 324

Feeding Catfish in Commercial Ponds
Feeding is the most important task in the intensive pond production of catfish, and the person responsible for feeding should be an experienced fish culturist. In a normal situation, catfish can be seen only wh...
Author: Edwin H. Robinson, Meng H. Li and Martin W. Brunson - Oklahoma State University Cooperative Ex...
Publication date: 01/20/2009    Rating:    Views: 1976

Preparing Your Own Fish Feeds
Most fish farmers and ornamental fish hobbyists buy the bulk of their feed from commercial manufacturers. However, small quantities of specialized feeds are often needed for experimental purposes, feeding diffi...
Author: Juli-Anne B. Royes and Frank Chapman - University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service, In...
Publication date: 12/24/2008    Rating:    Views: 1381

Trout Production: Feeds and Feeding Methods
In trout farming, the amount and suitability of feed used determines the profitability of production. Trout and other salmonids can efficiently digest foods that contain primarily protein (mostly from fish), an...
Author: Jeffrey M. Hinshaw, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University – Southern Regional...
Publication date: 12/16/2008    Rating:    Views: 1203

The floating feed revolution
Tilapia is the second-most important group of farmed fish after carp. It is farmed in at least 85 countries, with the major part of the production coming from Asia (China) and Latin America (Ecuador, Honduras a...
Author: Andritz Sprout newsletter (October 2008)
Publication date: 10/06/2008    Rating:    Views: 2347

Binders: Gelatin as alternative for urea formaldehyde and wheat gluten in the production of water stable shrimp feeds
Shrimp are external masticators, meaning that they chew their feed outside their mouth and will not ingest the feed at once. Shrimp prefer soft pellets. Typically, in semi-intensive farming, s...
Author: Eric De Muylder, Hans Hage and Geert van der Velden - Published on Aquafeed International maga...
Publication date: 09/03/2008    Rating:    Views: 2189