Availability of black soldier fly meal as an alternative protein source to fish meal in red sea bream (Pagrus major, Temminck & Schlegel) fingerling diets

• Published in: Aquaculture research Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 36 - 49
• Main Authors: Takakuwa, Fumiaki, Tanabe, Ryota, Nomura, Shohei, Inui, Takashi, Yamada, Shinichi, Biswas, Amal, Tanaka, Hideki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Hindawi Limited 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Amino acids; black soldier fly meal; Body weight; Body weight gain; Bream; Cholesterol; Diet; Digestibility; Feed conversion efficiency; Feed efficiency; feed utilization; Feeding experiments; Feeds; Fingerlings; Fish; Fish meal; fish meal substitute; Fishmeal; growth performance; Growth rate; Marine fishes; Pagrus major; Physical growth; Proteins; red sea bream; Regression analysis; Serum

Black soldier fly meal (BM) is an outstanding candidate as a fish meal (FM) substitute because it contains relatively high protein and essential amino acids. In this study, we replaced FM in red sea bream diets (Pagrus major) with BM to investigate its effect on growth and feed utilization. Six ison...