2018
Enhancing Soybean Meal Utilization in Aquaculture Feeds: An Assesment of Nutritive Value and Optimization of Soybean Meal Based Diets for Large Mouth Bass (Rossi)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Feed
Keywords:
AdditivesAquacultureSoy meal
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Waldemar Rossi, Kentucky State University
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Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board
$43,450
Institution Funded:
Kentucky Soybean Board
$43,450
Brief Project Summary:

Global aquaculture production has increased almost 12 fold since 1980 and currently provides over half of the fish and shellfish directly consumed by humans. Considering that intensive aquaculture feed expenses generally account for 40-60% of total operational costs, reducing feed-related costs continues to be a priority for the economical sustainability of aquaculture operations and a prime subject for investigation. Indeed, the aquaculture feed industry is clamoring for cost-effective and widely-available protein feedstuffs for replacing fishmeal (FM). Plant-protein feedstuffs are promising alternatives for FM, and currently soybean meal (SBM) is the foremost plant-protein ingredient in...

Unique Keywords:
#large mouth bass, #soybean utilization
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Once concluded and reported, the proposed research will:
- Supply relevant information to feed companies, producers, nutritionists and industry stakeholders about the applicability of commercially available SBMs and key feed additives for the optimization of SBM-based diets for LMB and other fish species.
- Provide feedback to novel SBM producing companies on the relative nutritional value of their products relative to conventional SBM for LMB.
- Expand the scientific information on the importance of continued research on potential surrogates for fishmeal (FM) in aquaculture feeds.
- Improve the knowledge and empower fish farmers to become strong decision makers in the aquaculture feed industry.

Final Project Results

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We were able to assess the applicability of different commercially available soybean meals as protein ingredients in the diet of largemouth bass (LMB), a carnivorous fish species with increasing production in the United States and Asia. Although the applicability of supplemental microbial phytase enzyme to increase phytate-phosphorus availability in soybean meal-based feeds for LMB deserves further investigation; in a series of feeding experiments, we were able to use soybean meal as the main protein ingredient in diets, validating the nutritional value of this ingredient in LMB feeds. Feeds can be formulated with high levels of U.S. soybean meal without affecting the production performance and health of LMB. The findings of this study will contribute for increased utilization of U.S. produced soybeans in LMB feeds.

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.