Evaluation of feedstuffs and aquafeeds
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This chapter discusses how to evaluate feedstuffs and feeds. The results of feed evaluation will be used to ensure the production of high quality feeds for fish, crustaceans, and shellfish.
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Teruel, M. B. (2002). Evaluation of feedstuffs and aquafeeds. In O. M. Millamena, R. M. Coloso, & F. P. Pascual (Eds.), Nutrition in Tropical Aquaculture: Essentials of fish nutrition, feeds, and feeding of tropical aquatic species (pp. 149-168). Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines: Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
Contents
- Introduction
- Physical evaluation
- Use of the senses
- Feed microscopy
- Measurements of feedstuffs bulk density
- Attractability
- Water stability
- Chemical evaluation
- Proximate analysis
- Methods of protein evaluation
- Methods of lipid evaluation
- Method of vitamin evaluation
- Methods of mineral evaluation
- Methods of energy determination
- Analysis of toxins in feeds
- Microbiological evaluation
- Biological evaluation
- Parameters to be monitored in a feeding experiment
- Summary
- Guide questions
- Suggested readings
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