Feed intake in Atlantic salmon fed with or without surface spreading of feed

• Published in: Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences [JAMS]
• Main Authors: Aas, Turid Synnøve, Ytrestøyl, Trine, Åsgård, Torbjørn Einar, Skøien, Kristoffer Rist, Alver, Morten Omholt, Alfredsen, Jo Arve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sultan Qaboos University 2020
• Subjects: Arve; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2676047; https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol25iss0pp20-26

In intensive salmon farming, it is common practice to spread the feed over a large surface area, assuming that spreading of the feed increases feed intake in the fish. However, the impact on the feed pellets during spreading results in feed loss due to pellet breakage. In this study, feed intake, gr...