Algae in fish feed: performances and fatty acid metabolism in juvenile Atlantic Salmon Norambuena, Fernando, Hermon, Karen, Skrzypczyk, Vanessa, Emery, James A., Sharon, Yoni, Beard, Alastair and Turchini, Giovanni M. 2015, Algae in fish feed: performances and fatty acid metabolism in juvenile Atlantic Salmon, PLoS One, vol. 10, no. 4, Article Number : e0124042, pp. 1-17, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124042. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hermon-algaeinfish-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 2.83MB 109 Title Algae in fish feed: performances and fatty acid metabolism in juvenile Atlantic Salmon Author(s) Norambuena, Fernando Hermon, Karen orcid.org/0000-0001-6849-4930 Skrzypczyk, Vanessa Emery, James A. Sharon, Yoni Beard, Alastair Turchini, Giovanni M. orcid.org/0000-0003-0694-4283 Journal name PLoS One Volume number 10 Issue number 4 Season Article Number : e0124042 Start page 1 End page 17 Total pages 17 Publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS) Place of publication San Francisco, Calif. Publication date 2015 ISSN 1932-6203 Summary Algae are at the base of the aquatic food chain, producing the food resources that fish are adapted to consume. Previous studies have proven that the inclusion of small amounts (<10% of the diet) of algae in fish feed (aquafeed) resulted in positive effects in growth performance and feed utilisation efficiency. Marine algae have also been shown to possess functional activities, helping in the mediation of lipid metabolism, and therefore are increasingly studied in human and animal nutrition. The aim of this study was to assess the potentials of two commercially available algae derived products (dry algae meal), Verdemin (derived from Ulva ohnoi) and Rosamin (derived from diatom Entomoneis spp.) for their possible inclusion into diet of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Fish performances, feed efficiency, lipid metabolism and final product quality were assessed to investigated the potential of the two algae products (in isolation at two inclusion levels, 2.5% and 5%, or in combination), in experimental diets specifically formulated with low fish meal and fish oil content. The results indicate that inclusion of algae product Verdemin and Rosamin at level of 2.5 and 5.0% did not cause any major positive, nor negative, effect in Atlantic Salmon growth and feed efficiency. An increase in the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 LC-PUFA) content in whole body of fish fed 5% Rosamin was observed. Language eng DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0124042 Field of Research 070401 Aquaculture Socio Economic Objective 830102 Aquaculture Fin Fish (excl. Tuna) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Public Library of Science (PLOS) Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30072643 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 23 Apr 2015, 12:40:20 EST Thu, 23 Apr 2015, 12:40:55 EST Fri, 24 Apr 2015, 05:02:45 EST Tue, 28 Apr 2015, 08:15:45 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2015, 17:08:57 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 16:05:05 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 14:23:19 EST Fri, 27 Nov 2015, 05:10:28 EST Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:48:58 EST Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 11:51:16 EST Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 12:43:49 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 09:05:21 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:14:26 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:30:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 85 times in TR Web of Science Cited 102 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 639 Abstract Views, 110 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 23 Apr 2015, 12:40:55 EST