The choice of strategies used to assess ingredients can have a strong impact on the
interpretation of their quality. In an attempt to standardize the assessment process, a …

Researchers have adjusted dietary lipid: protein ratios and n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated
fatty acids (LC-PUFA) to optimize the growth performance of Atlantic salmon. However …

Insect meals are considered promising, eco-friendly, alternative ingredients for aquafeed.
Considering the dietary influence on establishment of functioning gut microbiota, the effect of …

Feed preparation is the most expensive part of the aquaculture industry. In recent years,
studies have been conducted on the utilization of plants' wastes and by-products (such as …

Most marine cultured fishes are carnivores and for this reason manufactured feeds have
historically incorporated fish meal and fish oil to meet nutritional requirements, particularly …

This study investigated the profile of the autochthonous gut bacterial communities in adult
individuals of Sparus aurata and Dicentrarchus labrax reared in sea cages in five distantly …

Water quality parameter dynamics, gut, sediment and water bacteria communities were
studied to understand the environmental influence on the gut microbial community of a new …

Despite the technical progress in high-throughput sequencing technologies, defining the
sample size which is capable of yielding representative inferences in metabarcoding …

This study investigated the impact of different dietary ingredients, with different protein/lipid
sources, on midgut and faeces bacteria community structures just before feeding and 3 h …

Background The aquaculture sector now accounts for almost 50% of all fish for human
consumption and is anticipated to provide 62% by 2030. Innovative strategies are being …