Development and functions of adipose tissue in Atlantic salmon

• Main Author: Todorcevic, Marijana
• Other Authors: Ruyter, Bente, Vegusdal, Anne
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2009
• Subjects: VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2430673

The trend in salmon aquaculture is to use feed with high lipid content. In current feeds, energy from lipids can comprise as much as 50% of the total energy, compared to 10% approximately 20 years ago. This change was undertaken in order to increase growth and reduce expensive and scarce marine prot...