Replacement of fishmeal and marine proteins in practical diets for Pacific white shrimp using terrestrial land animal proteins
Published:May 3, 2011
Summary
Growth of shrimp was not affected by the lower cost diets containing varying amounts of poultry by product meal and soybean meal. Growth is affected when diets do not contain any marine meal. Low levels of hydrolysed feather meal require supplementation with lysine and methionine. At present farmed shrimp are the largest consumers of fishmeal within the aquaculture sector, consuming an estimated...