Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Difficulties in digesting Pea/ Soybean mix in fish feeds

Norway - Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered that fish feed, with combined pea/ soybean proteins in it, causes digestive complaints in fish. Marie Hillestad, Senior Scientist at BioMar in Trondheim, has headed the project “Sources of plant protein for fish feed.

Understanding and controlling anti-nutritional factors”, which received funding under the HAVBRUK program and is presented in the latest program newsletter (“Nytt fra HAVBRUK” no. 3-4/2010, available in Norwegian only).

The project mapped various protein-rich plants as potential feed ingredients for salmon and rainbow trout. Part of the project involved researchers at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in Oslo, who studied the fish intestinal tract and fish health. The project featured collaboration with researchers in the US and Canada as well, two countries which are major suppliers of soybeans and peas, respectively, for fish feed.

BioMar’s North American research partners included the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), the Agricultural Research Service (the research arm of the US Department of Agriculture), and the Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station (Idaho/Montana, USA). The Catholic University of Temuco (Chile) also collaborated. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
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