Technical feed quality influences health, digestion patterns, body mineralization and bone development in farming of the stomachless cleaner fish ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

• Published in: Animal Feed Science and Technology
• Main Authors: Kousoulaki, Katerina, Grøtan, Espen, Kortner, Trond M., Berge, Gerd Marit, Haustveit, Gunhild, Krogdahl, Åshild, Nygaard, Halvor, Sæle, Øystein, Chikwati, Elvis Mashingaidze, Lein, Ingrid
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ballan; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2762310; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2021.114830

Farmed ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is an efficient cleaner fish used for non-medicinal delicing of Atlantic salmon in sea cages replacing to an increasing degree wild wrasse due to considerations for biodiversity and risk of overfishing local wrasse populations. Farming of ballan wrasse has been...