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Functional aquafeeds: Dietary supplements in breakthrough pledge

The concept of functional aquafeeds represents an emerging new paradigm to develop diets for fish and crustaceans
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Benefits of using Extruders to process aquatic feed

There are wide varieties of methods that can be used to process aquatic feeds. For examples, in early days the most common method to feed the fish was hand feeding of mixed, homeblended diets and t...
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Adding value to feathermeal

M illions of tones of fishmeal are used worldwide in all animal feeds each year, including aquaculture. The proportion of the world’s fishmeal used for aquaculture is estimated to reach 66 percent ...
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The use of dietary acidifiers in salmonid nutrition

Routine use of antibiotics as growth promoters is a matter of debate in the animal farming industry.
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Feed Management: Global challenges

Direct and indirect nutritional inputs, such as aquafeeds and fertilizers, into aquaculture production systems are key to sustaining, improving and optimising fish production.
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Anti-inflammatory approach of Big Fish™ on the growth of rainbow trout

The growth potential of animals in modern agricultural practices is five to 10 percent below genetic potential. This is evidenced by the work of Levs and Forbes (1959), who showed that animals rear...
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Maximum Bulk Storage

Because of its long experience and knowledge, SCE’s team of engineers has become well-known throughout Europe and is respected player on the market.
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Microalgae: its application and potential

Microalgae have been studied since the late 19th Century and approximately 40,000 freshwater and marine algal species have been identified. Cultured algal species account for barely 10 percent of t...
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High time to unlock the potential of EU aquaculture

Since the beginning of this millennium the aquaculture industry has been steadily gaining in excellence, but its opportunities have not been reflected in an increase in overall production in the EU.
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The benefits of oregano essential oil for aquaculture production

The use of phytobiotic feed additives in aquaculture has gained a steady increase since restrictions were implemented on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters in the livestock industry.
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Marine phospholipids - A new generation of omega-3 lipids

What are phospholipids and what is the difference between marine phospholipids and marine oils?
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Maximising plant proteins and oils in Atlantic salmon diets

For the first time, a study has examined how feeding Atlantic salmon high levels of both plant proteins and vegetable oils affect the fish.
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Feed Management: On-farm feed manufacture and application in small-scale aquaculture

There is no clear definition for what is farm-made aquafeeds and non-farm made aqua-feeds.
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Screening for cost-efficiency

Significant price increases have occurred during the past years for major aquafeed ingredients, including fishmeal, fish oil, vegetable proteins and fats
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Aquaculture in the Americas - An overview

Tilapia and catfish producers are experiencing difficult times in the US due to high feed costs in the case of catfish producers and reluctant consumer spending in restaurants in the case of tilapia
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Rabbitfish: A herbivorous marine fish

Siganids are herbivorous and can potentially be grown using diets without fishmeal supplementation.
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Analytical methods that save money and improve quality

The better you know and understand your raw materials and your production process, the more efficient you will be at profitably turning variable ingredients into consistent high quality feed prod...
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Asia: Catching up with its own production

Despite the high production concentration and growth potential for aquaculture in Asia, regulatory standards that ensure a basic level of compliance with feed additive usage are lagging way behind....
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Practical methods of improving health & performance status in Mediterranean aquaculture species

Often in industrial scale farms unfavourable environmental conditions (oxygen levels, pH, water quality, temperature fluctuations), sub-optimal growth conditions (inadequate nutrition, overcrowding...
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Using a double-shaft differential diameter conditioner in aquatic feed processing

The technical design of a feed manufacturing facility depends in part on the supply, variety and type of raw material received, the brands and quantity of feed produced and the facility’s developme...
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  • Aquafeed published this 10/26/2009
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