Acronym SAFEABP
Category
Aquaculture
Title Sustainable and safe use of animal by-products (ABP) in fish feed Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Rune Waagbø Coordinator email rune.waagbo@nifes.no
Coordinator institution
NIFES - National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2010 End year 2013 Funding (€) € 477,245 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/199783?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Prosjektleder=Jens%20Hammerstr%C3%B8m Summary The present project aimed to document the safe use of land animal by-products in feed for salmon and identify possible further challenges. New hygiene measures, with more and longer use of heat treatment, means less gentle handling of sensitive nutrients during production, and more animal by-products were therefore less optimal in terms of quantity and digestibility of nutrients. The project documented the growth and utilization of Atlantic salmon in seawater fed diets based on raw materials from plants and animal by-products. Fish fat metabolism was improved by the use of animal by-products in plant based diets, which probably relates to the salmons' requirement for cholesterol. We identified challenges regarding drug residues. Enrofloksasin is a type of antibiotic that is allowed in animal production, but are not allowed to use in salmon farming. The amount of antibiotic residues detected in the feed ingredients were, however below the legal upper limits for feed to terrestrial animals. Our experiments showed that salmon accumulates and metabolises this drug, and subsequently rapidly excretes the drug and its metabolites. The project also incorporated a method to identify possible illegal use of byproducts from ruminants in ingredients and feeds. The project on safe use of animal by-products were ended in 2013 and the data from the project were assembled into four scientific publications. In the summer of 2013, EU re-opened the possibility to use by-products from poultry and pigs, but not from ruminants, in feed for farmed fish. In the project, we have shown that animal protein and fat sources are generally nutritionally suitable as feed ingredients for salmon, but drug residues from these can pose a risk.
Goal:
The suitability of selected ABP feed ingredients to replace fish meal and oils in feed for Atlantic salmon farming will be assessed with respect to biological performance, fish health, environmental aspects, and end product quality and safety. A total of three work packages will be included: (WP1) Evaluation of rendering processes and quality criteria for selected ABPs for aqua feed; (WP2) Risk evaluation of ABP in fish feed on growth and health performance; (WP3) Selected chemical residues in ABP and seafood safety.
Keywords
Fish meal replacement;
Salmon;
Feed composition;
Food quality;
Fish health;
Fish oil replacement;
Food safety;
Diets;
Fish;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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