Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Appel T

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• Research Article
  Blue Mussel Protein Concentrate Versus Prime Fish Meal Protein as a Dietary Attractant for Turbot (Psetta maxima L.) Given Rapeseed Protein-based Diets
  Author(s): Nagel F, Appel T, Rohde C, Kroeckel S and Schulz C Nagel F, Appel T, Rohde C, Kroeckel S and Schulz C
  
  A feeding experiment was conducted to test the attractant potential of a processed protein concentrate of the blue mussel (BMPC) as replacer for fish meal (FM) protein in rapeseed protein concentrate (RPC)-based diets for turbot. Triplicate fish groups received isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets with a 50% or 75% replacement of FM protein by a RPC (RPC 50, RPC 75), and further FM protein substitution with 0, 2, 4 or 8% of BMPC. The application of RPC 50/0 provided no significant impact on fish performance compared to FM-reference diet, while daily feed intake (DFI), specific growth rate (SGR) and feed conversion were significantly impaired when fish fed with RPC 75/0 (P<0.05). Incorporation of BMPC failed to significantly improve DFI, SGR and FCR in RPC 50 and RPC 75 treatments (P>0.05). Protein efficiency ratio and protein productive values remained unaffected among all trea.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9546.S2-012

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