A Comprehensive Approach to Assess Feathermeal as an Alternative Protein Source in Aquafeed

Mohammad Sedigh Jasour, Liane Wagner, Ulrik K. Sundekilde*, Bodil K. Larsen, Ines Greco, Vibeke Orlien, Karsten Olsen, Hanne T. Rasmussen, Niels H. Hjermitslev, Marianne Hammershøj, Anne J.T. Dalsgaard, Trine K. Dalsgaard

*Corresponding author for this work
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    Abstract

    The effect of partially replacing fishmeal in aquafeed with feathermeal (FTH) at three levels (0%: FTH0, 8%: FTH8, 24%: FTH24) and two extrusion temperatures (100 and 130 °C) was evaluated in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with respect to growth performance, metabolism response, and oxidative status of the feed proteins. Multivariate data analyses revealed that FTH24 correlated positively with high levels of oxidation products, amino acids (AA) racemization, glucogenic AAs level in liver, feed intake (FI), specific growth rate (SGR), and feed conversion ratio (FCR); and low AAs digestibility. Both FI and SGR were significantly increased when 8 and 24% feathermeal was included in the feed extruded at 100 °C, while there was a negative effect on FCR in fish fed FTH24. In conclusion, higher oxidation levels in FTH24 may give rise to metabolic alterations while lower levels of FTH may be considered as fishmeal substitute in aquafeed for rainbow trout.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
    Volume65
    Issue number48
    Pages (from-to)10673-10684
    Number of pages12
    ISSN0021-8561
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Keywords

    • extrusion
    • feathermeal
    • fish feed
    • fishmeal
    • growth performance
    • metabolite
    • Oncorhynchus mykiss
    • oxidation
    • rainbow trout

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