A new fish feed made using housefly pupae is cheaper than other feeds and boosts fish's immunity to disease claimed one of the researchers who created it. The feed was created by a team at the South Ehime Fisheries Research Center of Ehime University, and researchers hope to have it on the market in two to three years.
A drop in stocks of fish used to make fish meal and expanding fish farming in countries like China and Vietnam has pushed the price of fish meal to 200 yen (€24.319) per kilogram or around twice what it was five years ago. The researchers cut back the fish content of the feed by 25 percent, replacing a fourth of that with ground fly pupae. The rest was replaced with other ingredients. When the feed was given to sea bream, they showed improved coloring and resistance to disease. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
A drop in stocks of fish used to make fish meal and expanding fish farming in countries like China and Vietnam has pushed the price of fish meal to 200 yen (€24.319) per kilogram or around twice what it was five years ago. The researchers cut back the fish content of the feed by 25 percent, replacing a fourth of that with ground fly pupae. The rest was replaced with other ingredients. When the feed was given to sea bream, they showed improved coloring and resistance to disease. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment