Nutrition

Mycotoxin analysis results for the second quarter of 2011 from Biomin, including more than 2,800 analyses of more than 800 animal feed ingredients. At least one mycotoxin was found in 90 per cent of the samples.

High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin to manufacture new, less expensive feed formulationsuntested under commercial catfish farming conditions. New feed formulations have been tested at University of Arkansas Pine Bluff for the past three year…

Even though lupine seeds are rich in proteins, their use in fish feed has been limited partly because of the bitter taste and lack of knowledge about how high a level of lupine the fish tolerates. These challenges have been dealt with in a new doctoral thesis …

Biomin look at minimising the risk of mycotoxins in aquaculture feeds.

Lower projected yields have reduced global production prospects, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Mycotoxin risk management tool involves both the elimination of mycotoxins by adsorptive materials, and the conversion of their toxic structures into non-toxic, harmless metabolites, according to BIOMIN.

For years, the copepod, Metridia, has managed to remain hidden from science. However, this spring, during fieldwork at the Arctic Station, for the very first time researchers succeeded in filming how this constantly feeding little crayfish catches its prey.

US feed grain supplies for 2011/12 are projected higher this month, with higher beginning stocks and production for corn, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

The technology gap with aquaculture in New Zealand continues to widen as the country slides further behind the rest of the world in terms of growth in this sector, writes Peter Hutchinson for Aquaculture NZ.

Researchers from Kentucky State University and the Aquaculture Research Centre look at the use of soybean and yeast meal as an alternative feed for tilapia.

US corn production is still expected to be a record this year but the current forecast is for historically tight global coarse grain stocks, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Interest in the production of Australian red claw has increased over the past few years and the species is commercially cultured in several countries including China, Mexico and Australia. Researchers from Kentucky State University, Aquaculture Research Centre…