Feed management – African Catfish
Nutrition plays a supportive role in good fish growth and health. Nutrition encompasses all aspects of feed production all the way to the actual provision of feed to fish.
1h 30 min
English
Contents
Just like other fish, African catfish has species-specific nutritional requirements that differ per life stage. In order to choose a suitable diet for African catfish, it is important to understand the specific requirement of the various nutrients throughout the animal’s lifecycle as well as how the production process affects the feed pellets that are sold by feed suppliers. Optimising feed management focuses on feeding the correct amount of high-quality feed divided over a specific amount of meals per day, to support optimal fish growth and farm profitability.
Topics
- Feed management
- Nutrition
- Feed production
- Raw materials
- Novel raw materials
- Feed composition
- Feeding carnivorous
- FCR
- Starter nutrition
- Nursery nutrition
- Grower nutrition
- Broodstock nutrition
- Calculating feed costs
- Underfeeding
- Overfeeding
- Feed storage