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On-farm studies help guide feed decisions
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/on-farm-studies-help-guide-feed-decisions/…requires feed to be viewed as an investment. Feeds that bring value to your business result in increased sales volume, reduced feeding volume, improved growth performance and improved animal well-being….
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SeaWeb Seafood Summit: Defining the future of aquafeed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/seaweb-seafood-summit-defining-the-future-of-aquafeed/…lower-cost feeds become systematically preferred. The cross-section between health and proper feed formulation is called immuno-nutrition, and overall yield from the grower (i.e. avoiding disease without using antibiotics) should be…
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Emerging issues for sustainable feed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/emerging-issues-sustainable-feed/…use in aquaculture feeds. Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom forbids the use of northern blue whiting in feeds for their salmon products because of concerns about the management of the…
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Panama demo shows botanical extracts improve shrimp productivity
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/panama-demo-shows-botanical-extracts-improve-shrimp-productivity/…processing for control shrimp, Table 1 TreatmentSurvivalShrimp Size (g)Crop Yield (kg/ha)Feed (kg/pond)Feed-Conversion RatioWeekly Growth (g)Average Coefficient of Variation (%) Phytobiotic 55.5 ± 7.1a 16.6 ± 1.5a 735 ± 78a 4,170…
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From bench to belly: Driving supply-side solutions for the future of fish feed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/from-bench-to-belly-driving-supply-side-solutions-future-fish-feed/Invest in and support alternate feed ingredients to ensure aquaculture’s future Algae, as seen on this petri dish, is the source of one of the leading alternative feed ingredients for…
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Culture of largemouth bass in the United States
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/culture-of-largemouth-bass-in-the-united-states/…a week, each day’s feed ration should be increasingly comprised of the manufactured feed. By day 7, the fish should consume straight feed. Fish trained to take the feed become…
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Aquatic feed manufacturing, part 3
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/aquatic-feed-manufacturing-part-3/…to any other sample. Consider feeding a 1-gram shrimp. For this size and stage of development, the small shrimp will consume approximately 12 percent of its body weight (only about…
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Updating nutritional research strategies for the optimal evaluation of aquafeed ingredients, part 1
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/updating-nutritional-research-strategies-for-the-optimal-evaluation-of-aquafeed-ingredients-part-1/…feed is its effect on palatability of the feed. Obviously, if an ingredient reduces feed intake due to negative effects on palatability, it has some limitations as a potential feed…
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Response of Pacific white shrimp to various diets demand-fed with passive acoustic feeders
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/response-of-pacific-white-shrimp-to-various-diets-demand-fed-with-passive-acoustic-feeders/Results show no clear correlation between feed ingredients and growth, feed consumption or feed demand This study used on-demand passive acoustic feeders to evaluate shrimp feed demand and response to…
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Assessing the risk of alternative aquafeed ingredients, part 2
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/assessing-the-risk-of-alternative-aquafeed-ingredients-part-2/…color of fillets and skin. For farmed shrimp, color after cooking is also an important market factor. For many markets, a darker red color in farmed shrimp is preferred. Photo…
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Updates on shrimp diseases AHPND, NHP at Aquaculture America 2018
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/shrimp-disease-updates-ahpnd-on-u-s-farm-nhp-detection/…of breeding in shrimp, indicating that the availability of SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) shrimp broodstock has had a major impact on shrimp aquaculture, from reducing the incidence of disease to…
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Biotechnology could combine positive traits in seed-based fish feed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/biotechnology-could-combine-positive-traits-in-seed-based-fish-feed/…production stream. Engineering seed-source feeds Part of the solution to the dilemma of developing seed-based carnivorous fish aquafeed is to engineer an effective seed-source feed. As fish nutritionists continue to…
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Extruded shrimp feeds reemerge
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/extruded-shrimp-feeds-reemerge/Manufacturing adjustments make it possible to produce sinking feeds While extruded shrimp feeds are perhaps more costly to manufacture than pelleted feed, they save in raw material expenses. Shrimp feeds…
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Physical qualities affect performance of shrimp feed
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/physical-qualities-affect-performance-of-shrimp-feed/…Routine testing of feed quality is an important component of feed manufacturing at the Aquatic Feeds and Nutrition program of the Oceanic Institute (OI) in Hawaii, USA. The current methods…
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Norway study finds extrusion temperature
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/norway-study-finds-extrusion-temperature/…Vassvik. Extruded feeds differ from steam-pelleted feeds in their greater porosity, which aids in buoyancy control and in fat absorption capacity. High-energy fish diets generally rely on extrusion processing, because…
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Counterpoint: Marine ingredients are stable in volume, strategic in aquaculture nutrition
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/counterpoint-marine-ingredients-are-stable-in-volume-strategic-in-aquaculture-nutrition/…(Aksnes et al., 2006), feed intake and growth (Kousoulaki et al., 2012), and become an important factor in ingredient replacement studies when fish may reduce feed intake where high levels…
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Opportunities and challenges for olive oil byproducts in aquafeeds
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/opportunities-and-challenges-for-olive-oil-byproducts-in-aquafeeds/…animal feeds, including aquafeeds. The inclusion of olive oil byproducts in fish feed was first reported in 2004 when they were incorporated in African catfish feed, and since then, several…
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Efficient application of health-promoting feed additive supports sustainable aquaculture en route to carbon neutrality
https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/efficient-application-of-health-promoting-feed-additive-supports-sustainable-aquaculture-en-route-to-carbon-neutrality/…significant part of the total footprint takes place during the stages of feed production and animal farming, feed additives can positively impact exactly those crucial steps (Fig. 1). Fig. 1:…