Thursday, October 6, 2011

Salmon has improved efficiency from eating beans

A research project costing UK£2.6 million (US$4.025 million) has been launched to investigate if faba beans could be used as an alternative to soya in salmon feeds. The four year project headed up by EWOS Ltd involves five partners including feed company BioMar Ltd, and Marine Harvest. "Salmon are very efficient converters of protein to meat, much more so than terrestrial animals," said Dr Gavin Ramsay, one of The James Hutton Institute scientists involved. "This project aims to create a viable and beneficial alternative to soya," he added. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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