Exploring fibrous ingredients for fish: The case of feeding sugar beet pulp to tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum).

ABSTRACT: For a long time, co-products of food processing have been used in animal feed, but far less in fish because of their assumed inability to cope with high-fiber diets. Research on feeding co-products to fish species that naturally consume fibrous diets are yet lacking. We here evaluated the impact of sugar beet pulp in the diet of tambaquí on nutrient metabolism, oxidative stress, inflammation, and intestinal histomorphometry. A total of 18 tambaquí fish (1616 ± 107 g; 2 years old) were randomly divided over 6 similar tanks with 3 fish per tank and randomly attributed to one of the six dietary treatments 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 % beet pulp addition and reared for 8 weeks. Water quality parameters (pH, NH₃-N, EC, TDS, DO, and temperature) were assessed and recorded twice a week for

SUBMITTER: Mebratu AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709516 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature