Preliminary trials in Thailand showed a preference by prawns and barramundi for mussels over wild catch fish meal. Sustainable ingredients company, Green Blue Health, is particularly interested to see if such a diet will encourage black tiger prawn to accept locally available and sustainable ingredients such as by-product from protein crop production.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see this study as opening the door for inclusion of mussel meal for a number of other aquaculture species including mud crabs, lobster and barramundi,\u201d said Karlie Wilson, technical director at Green Blue Health.<\/p>\n
Dried mussel meal is a compact nutrient feed with over 50% protein as well as a range of essential amino acids, vitamins, minerals and lipids. It also contains the naturally occurring appetite stimulant betaine.<\/p>\n
The mussel will be tested at various inclusion rates in formulations using poultry by-product and plant-based ingredients to assess growth rates, intake, digestibility, prawn yields and consumer acceptance. The results of the trial will then be compared against a fishmeal diet. Positive results could help improve the palatability of other sustainable protein sources, such as insects.<\/p>\n
The study was made possible by CSIRO Kick-Start and is being conducted at the CSIRO research facilities at the Bribie Island Research Centre in Queensland, Australia. Results should be available early in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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