The Use of Mycelia of Penicilium sp. as an Ingredient for Glass Eel Nutrition

✍ Scribed by J. F. Gonçalvks; E. Gomes; L. Amaral; J. Coimbra

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 423 KB
• Volume: 75
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-2944
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19900750636

✦ Synopsis

Three isoproteic and isoenergetic diets containing fish meal as a protein source (control diet) or incorporating 10 and 20 yo of protein from mycelia Penicile'um sp. as a fish meal substitute were tested during three months for eel fingerlings growth.

Some preliminary ''in vitro" experiments on the L-Lysin intestinal absorption in the presence and in the absence of Penicilin (500 mg/l) after 17 h of contact show a positive effect of this antibiotic. No residues of Penicilin were detected in carcass of eels fed 7 days with 100 mg/kg Penicilin in the food.

The present results show that the use of Penicilin mycelia in eels diets will have the advantage of increasing growth without any appreciable change in the quality of the carcass and also, eventually, reductions of nitrogen excretion with a positive effect in effluent quality.