Page 8 - New additives and ingredients in the formulation of aquafeeds

Economically speaking the great price variation in feed ingredients and the
low market prices for products from aquaculture, challenge the benefit of
many aquaculture activities around the world. As production costs increase,
nutritionists look for new ways to reduce them, maximizing digestive and
metabolic activities as a base to turn nutrients in growth. Additives to
increase digestibility have the ability to improve the use of nutrients from
economical ingredients and encourage their transformation in food/meat.
They also cause a reduction of fat accumulation in muscle and guts.
The Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR organized on the 29th
September 2011 a seminar titled “Use of New Additives in Fish Feeds”
about the relevant role of technological additives and vegetal ingredients
in feed formulation (seminar organized within ZIMOFEED project
PGIDIT08MMA003CT, financed by Tecnoloxía Sectorial MMA Program,
Consellería de Economía e Industria). The seminar aroused a great interest
and had a remarkable reception. All along the event the audience showed a
great interest about the subject. Thus, the idea of publishing this book was
born to collect all the information released during that seminar in a way that
all the different issues involved nowadays in this subject were represented.
Obviously, the intention is to serve as an orientation to those who want to
study in depth these applied aspects of aquaculture research and nutrition.
This book would not have come true if we had not counted on the selfless
help of a number of professionals and companies. We could not have reached
our goal without their generous contribution. Especially we must mention
the following companies DIBAQ SA, NUTRIAD and NOREL SA whose firm
commitment with aquaculture has make this book possible. We are in debt
with all scientists and company representatives who have given shape to
the book as well as to the seminar. To all of them we thank from these
pages for their altruistic effort and compromise and confirm our gratitude
and recognition.
Centro Tecnológico del Mar
Fundación CETMAR
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