Optimal tryptophan levels boost tilapia weight gain, amino acid uptake
Boosting dietary tryptophan amounts also bumps weight gain, amino acid retention for Nile tilapia eating corn-soy diet, say researchers.
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US, Mexico trade rhetoric may influence feed grain market
The future for trade in feed ingredients between Mexico and the US hangs in the balance, despite desire to maintain established markets, says expert.
French company's bio-based carotenoids pass test with flying colors
Biotech company, Deinove, is moving up a gear in the process of getting its natural carotenoids for use in feed marketable.
Special Edition: Protein Alternatives
From pest to feed? US researcher assesses housefly larva for feed potential
Housefly larva may offer a sustainable alternative protein ingredient for aquaculture or animal feed, and present a nutritional profile similar to fishmeal, says researcher.
Special Edition: Protein Alternatives
Seaweed may offer promise as novel protein source
Dutch researchers are weighing up the benefits of seaweed, grass, and microalgae as novel protein sources as well as analyzing the impact of increasing the content of synthetic amino acids in poultry feed as a way of reducing dependence on meal from...