Grasses, legumes and green plant wastes represent a ubiquitous feedstock for developing a
bioeconomy in regions across Europe. These feedstocks are often an important source of …

The use of plant-derived materials such as legume seeds, different types of oilseed cake,
leaf meals, leaf protein concentrates, and root tuber meals as fish feed ingredients is limited …

Tilapia culture is currently practised in 95 countries all over the world and the number is
expected to increase. This book discusses in detail the principles and practices of tilapia …

Tilapia are widely cultured in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world and constitute
the third largest group of farmed finfish, only after carps and salmonids, with an annual …

This study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of freeze-dried moringa leaf meal,
Moringa oleifera, as an alternative protein source for Nile tilapia. Three experimental diets …

Best known as an animal feed, Alfalfa Medicago sativa is one of the most important and
widely produced livestock crops grown throughout the temperate world." Alfalfa and …

The expected future demand for highly nutrient animal food products will push the animal
production system to search for new sources of high-quality protein feedstuffs. In this …

The present study addresses the use of the microalga Spirulina maxima as a protein source
in diets for tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters), fry. Animal protein was replaced with …

This study assessed the effects of three photoperiods on growth, feed utilization and survival
of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus fingerlings. Fish of initial weight 1.15±0.03 g …

An alkaline protease was extracted from the viscera (intestine) of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis
niloticus, the second most important fish in Brazilian aquaculture. This enzyme is usually …