ReviewVeterinary and animal science2024
Alternative protein sources in aquafeed: Current scenario and future perspectives.
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- Growth Performance, Product Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Protein Sources Replacing Fishmeal inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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- Physiological and growth responses to replacing corn gluten with corn fermented protein in diets for juvenile European sea bass: growth performance, intestinal morphology and fillet quality.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2026Article
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- Effects of Crayfish Shell Meal Processing Methods on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Capacity, Intestinal Function and Gut Microbiota of Largemouth Bass (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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- Defatted Black Soldier Fly Meal as a Dietary Protein Source for Grey Mullet (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Genotypic characterization of gut isolates from Atlantic salmon fry reveals beneficial microbes with biotechnological potential.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Valorization of Hemp, Shrimp and Blue Crab Co-Products as Novel Culture Media Ingredients to Improve Protein Quality and Antioxidant Capacity of Cultured Meat in Cell-Based Food Applications.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Replacing Fishmeal With Antarctic Krill Meal on Nutrient Deposition, Metabolism, and Immunity in Silver Pomfret (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Effect of Fish Meal Replacement by Complex Protein on Growth Performance, Metabolism, and Health of Triploid Rainbow Trout (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Impacts of Replacing Fish Meal With Duck By-Product Meal in Diets on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization, and Economic Efficiency of Olive Flounder (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Optimal Dietary Replacement of Fishmeal WithAquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Hydrolysed Feather Meal Inclusion in Low Fishmeal Diets for Whiteleg Shrimp (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploring the Potential of Microalgae as Feed Ingredients for Sustainable Aquaculture: A Review of Nutritional and Environmental Benefits.Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Review
- Physiologically mediated responses in gilthead sea bream (Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Bacterial Single-Cell Proteins as Sustainable Aquafeeds: A Meta-Analysis of Growth, Physiological Homeostasis, and Antioxidant Capacity.Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Review
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Abstract
Fish meal represents the main protein source for most commercially farmed aquatic species, as it is characterized by high nutritional value and lack of anti-nutritional factors. However, its availability and the market price have been recognized as serious problems at least for over a decade, making it necessary to search for non-conventional protein sources, as an alternative to fish meals. This review aims to comprehensively examine and critically revise the use of fish meal and all alternative protein sources explored to date on the health, welfare, and growth performance of the major aquatic species commercially interesting from a global scenario. The investigation revealed that the inclusion levels of the different protein sources, plant- and animal-derived, ranged from 10 to 80 % and from 2 to 100 % respectively, in partial or complete replacement of fish meal, and generated positive effects on health, welfare, growth performance, and fillet quality. However, the results showed that above a certain level of inclusion, each protein source can negatively affect fish growth performance, metabolic activities, and other biological parameters. Moreover, it is likely that by mixing different protein sources, the combination of each ingredient causes a synergistic effect on the nutritional properties. Therefore, the future of aquatic feed formulation is expected to be based on the blend of different protein sources. Overall, the analysis highlighted the need for additional research in the field of replacing fish meals with new protein sources, given that many knowledge gaps are still to be filled on aquatic species, which deserve to be investigated.
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