Aquafeeds
Dietary lipids are important sources of energy and the essential fatty acids needed by fish for growth and development.
Health & Welfare
A study of Nile tilapia provided feed with varying dietary lipid sources found that fish fed a diet with beef tallow exhibited poorer survival and growth performance than fish fed diets with plant oils, fish oil, or combinations of oils and tallow.
Health & Welfare
Witholding feed from channel catfish during the manifestation of enteric septicemia is a common practice, but discontinued feeding after an ESC challenge increased mortality.
Health & Welfare
The amount of cottonseed meal that can be included in fish diets depends mainly on its levels of free gossypol and available lysine.