Open AccessFishmeal replacement by mixed plant proteins and effect on growth and sensory attributes in on‐growing turbot
Author(s) -
Árnason J.,
Imsland A.K.D.,
Helmig T.,
Gunnarsson S.,
Kristjánsson G.Ö.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aquaculture nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2095
pISSN - 1353-5773
DOI - 10.1111/anu.12642
Subject(s) - fish meal , rapeseed , biology , corn gluten meal , feed conversion ratio , food science , turbot , meal , gluten , plant protein , raw material , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , body weight , fishery , ecology , endocrinology
Abstract Fishmeal replacement with a mixture of plant protein (PP) raw materials (soya, wheat gluten meal, corn gluten meal and rapeseed meal) in diets for 300‐950 g turbot was tested. Eight different diets with fishmeal protein stepwise varying from 53.7% of crude protein (CP) to 93% of CP of the total protein in the diet were tested. The fish was weighed at monthly intervals for following of weight development and calculation of specific growth rates, daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio. At the end of the experiment, fish was sampled for sensory evaluation. Average final weight was 950 g and did not vary between the experimental groups. There were no effects of dietary treatment on specific growth rates, daily feed intake, feed conversion ratio or sensory attributes measured. The least‐cost diet (with 53.7% fishmeal protein) is about 12% lower in raw material cost (based on material price of diet components) than the all fishmeal diet. The results therefore indicate that the raw material cost in feed for on‐growing turbot can be reduced considerably without any negative effect on growth and feed utilization.