Aquafeeds
Biosecurity protocols needed for shrimp feeds, feeding practices
Shrimp aquafeeds – live, fresh or formulated – should not be an entry point of potential pathogens to the shrimp and/or to their culture systems.
Aquafeeds
Functional ingredients driving shrimp feed innovation
Functional ingredients and additives promote growth, improve health of farmed shrimp, and bolster immune response and other physiological needs.
Aquafeeds
The proper management of commercial shrimp feeds, part 2
Effective aquafeed management methods are critical for efficient production of farmed shrimp, and to minimize environmental impact. In the second part of his series, Editor Emeritus Darryl Jory looks at shrimp feed management in terms of application, distribution, frequency, calculations and adjustment practices.
Aquafeeds
Optimizing crucial cost centers for shrimp feed manufacturing
Assuring that aquafeed ingredients are processed properly into a high-quality product requires monitoring each manufacturing process through the proper in-line quality assurance, to produce a consistent quality continuously.
Aquafeeds
Leaching impacts amino acid profiles of commercial shrimp feeds
The authors recently conducted a study to determine the amino acids content of commercial shrimp feeds the effects of leaching for six of them.
Health & Welfare
Chemoattraction of low-molecular-weight compounds in shrimp feeds
The methodology used in a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station study provided a useful tool for evaluating the attractiveness of individual ingredients in prepared shrimp feeds.
Aquafeeds
Extruded shrimp feeds reemerge
The process for making extruded shrimp feeds has flexibility to produce diets with a wide range of fat levels, densities, shapes and sizes.
Aquafeeds
New ingredients for shrimp feeds, Part 2
"New" ingredients like seaweed meals, particularly from various kelp species, provide trace minerals and vitamin A, and increase the palatability of shrimp feeds.
Aquafeeds
New ingredients for shrimp feeds, Part 1
New ingredients and processes are figuring prominently in the production of more-nutritious and better-balanced “specialty" shrimp feeds.
Aquafeeds
Water stability, texture of shrimp feeds formulated with natural, synthetic binders
Synthetic and natural binders that provide increased water stability are often used without consideration of the final dry or wet pellet texture of the shrimp feed.
Aquafeeds
Shrimp feeds and management: Golden rules for success
With decreasing prices and increasing raw-material costs, efforts to reduce shrimp feed costs and improve management top the agenda for most farmers.
Aquafeeds
Cholesterol: Indispensable but not irreplaceable in shrimp feeds
Penaeid shrimp are unable to bio-synthesize cholesterol, which is widely accepted as an essential nutrient for these crustaceans.
Aquafeeds
Minimizing environmental impacts of shrimp feeds
The choice of shrimp feeds or feeding regimes can have a profound effect on the rearing conditions and health of the cultured species.
Aquafeeds
Determining physical stability of shrimp feeds
Maintaining the stability of shrimp feeds until consumption is a challenge as pellets lose dry matter due to leaching of soluble compounds.
Aquafeeds
Trials show promise for spray-dried plasma protein in shrimp feeds
Spray-dried plasma protein is a high-protein feed ingredient that can lower occurrence of enteric disease when used in feed or water.
Aquafeeds
Shrimp feeds and feeding regimes in zero-exchange outdoor tanks
Feeding trials with a new shrimp feed were conducted at the Oceanic Institute with three different feeding regimes and two tank covers.