Aquaculture Feed Ingredients

The two importance of feed in aquaculture include:

• Important for stock growth

• Important for stock hunger

• Increase in productivity of system

• Increase in availability of system

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The scale of an aquaculture operation can be determined by the types of food/feed they utilise. State the scale which rely completely on complete feeds.

Artificial feed is food not found naturally in the environment. State the two categories of artificial food commonly found in aquaculture.

• Complete feed

• Incomplete feed

• Supplementary feed

• Subsidiary feed

Some feed ingredients are artificial. Which of the following are example(s) of artificial feed ingredients?

• Alfalfa

• Binders

• Pigments

• Molasses

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There are basic considerations that has to be taken into account before selecting feed ingredients. Which of the following is NOT an example of such considerations?

• Nutrient availability in ingredients

• Cost of ingredients

• Commercial availability of ingredients

• Taste of ingredients