Feed for fish farming

• Main Authors: FUKUDA, YASUHIRO, SHIOYA, ITARU, GOTO, TAKESHI, TANAKA, YOSUKE, KOUSAKA, TAEKO, NIKAIDO, HIDEKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.10.2011
• Subjects: FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Disclosed is a feed for fish farming which has a high stability in feed supply, good feed storage properties, a good feed intake and a high feed efficiency. A feed for fish farming consisting of an outer layer and an inner layer, characterized in that a composition constituting the outer layer has physical properties of a fracture stress being 5×10-1×10 N/m, an aggregation rate (30%) being 0.4-1.0, and a fracture strain being 30-80%. A feed for fish farming characterized by consisting of an outer layer constructed by a heated gel which comprises a protein and/or a starch, and an inner layer comprising a composition which contains nutrient ingredients including fish meal and a fat as the essential ingredients. As the protein, ground fish meat, (left-over fish meat on the spine), krill, gelatin, collagen, gluten, egg albumen and soybean protein are preferred. As the starch, tapioca starch, wheat starch, potato starch, corn starch, bean starch, waxy corn starch and processed products of these starches are preferred.