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Aquaculture Diet Development Subprogram: ingredient evaluation

Project number: 1996-391
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $503,574.00
Principal Investigator: Geoff L. Allan
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Project start/end date: 5 Nov 1996 - 7 Jun 2004
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Determine nutrient digestibility of major terrestrial protein and energy feed ingredients for which information is not currently available.
2. Determine contribution to fish and prawn growth of the most promising new ingredients and identify the maximum amounts which can be included in practical diets.
3. Evaluate carbohydrate utilisation and determine effects of carbohydrate type, content and processing on digestibility.
4. Use results to determine first limiting nutrients for fish and prawn diets based on Australian ingredients, and to formulate practical diets for evaluation in commercially relevant facilities.
5. Communicate results to producers of feed ingredients, feed manufacturers, aquaculturists and the scientific community.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-906
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Seafood trade and market access portal

The value of Australian seafood exports now exceeds $1 billion per annum and products are dispatched to various countries around the world (> 20 markets). To ensure Australian seafood can gain access to these markets it is necessary to demonstrate compliance with each country’s food safety...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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