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Exploring the Importance of Good Gut Health in Aquaculture
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In the world of aquaculture, where the well-being and growth of fish are paramount, an often-overlooked factor plays a crucial role: gut health. Just as in humans, the digestive system of fish is a complex and intricate network that significantly impacts their overall health and performance. In this blog, we will delve into the importance of maintaining good gut health in aquaculture and how it contributes to the success of fish farming operations, with a special focus on the innovative solutions provided by Skretting.
The gut serves as a foundation for fish health, as it is responsible for efficient digestion, nutrient absorption, and the prevention of various diseases. A healthy gut ensures that the fish can effectively utilize the nutrients from their feed, leading to optimal growth, improved immunity, and enhanced overall vitality.
A well-functioning gut is essential for optimal digestive efficiency. It allows fish to break down and absorb nutrients from their feed more effectively, ensuring that they receive the essential proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals necessary for growth and development. Proper digestion also helps reduce feed wastage and the release of undigested nutrients into the environment, minimizing the ecological footprint of aquaculture.
A robust gut health promotes a strong immune response in fish. The gut houses a significant portion of the fish's immune system, containing specialized cells that defend against harmful pathogens and diseases. A healthy gut microbiota, the diverse community of beneficial bacteria living in the fish's digestive tract, plays a crucial role in modulating the immune system, preventing the colonization of harmful bacteria, and supporting the fish's overall disease resistance.
In aquaculture, feed conversion ratio (FCR) is a key indicator of efficiency and profitability. Good gut health directly influences FCR by enhancing nutrient utilization and reducing the energy expenditure required for digestion. Fish with a healthy gut can convert feed into flesh more efficiently, resulting in reduced feed costs and improved economic viability of aquaculture operations.
Maintaining a balanced gut microbiota is vital for fish health. Factors such as stress, improper nutrition, and suboptimal water quality can disrupt the delicate balance of beneficial bacteria in the gut, leading to dysbiosis or an imbalance in the gut microbial community. Dysbiosis can negatively impact digestion, nutrient absorption, and disease resistance, ultimately affecting the growth and overall well-being of the fish.
Skretting, a leading provider of aquaculture feed, recognizes the significance of gut health in fish farming. They offer a range of specialized feed solutions that are designed to support optimal gut function and overall fish health. Skretting's feeds are formulated with carefully selected ingredients and additives, including probiotics and prebiotics, to promote a healthy gut microbiota and ensure efficient digestion and nutrient absorption.
Skretting's commitment to sustainability and innovation is evident in their feed solutions. They continuously research and develop new feed formulations that not only improve fish performance but also minimize environmental impact. By optimizing the nutritional composition and incorporating alternative protein sources, such as plant-based proteins and insect meal, Skretting contributes to a more sustainable and responsible aquaculture industry.
In aquaculture, good gut health is essential for the success and sustainability of fish farming operations. By prioritizing efficient digestion, supporting immune function, optimizing feed conversion, and maintaining a balanced gut microbiota, aquaculturists can enhance the overall well-being and growth of their fish. Skretting's innovative feed solutions play a crucial role in promoting good gut health and providing aquaculturists with the tools they need to thrive in a sustainable manner. With a focus on excellence and environmental stewardship, Skretting is at the forefront of advancing aquaculture feed for a healthier and more prosperous industry.
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GEMMA MICRO - A complete range of micro diet particles for Marine Fish Hatcheries
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GEMMA MICRO is a patented Artemia replacement diet which represents a re- liable optimised nutrition to follow on from rotifers, improving growth rates and reducing costs. GEMMA Micro is a perfect transition diet between live feeds and dry feeds which ensures maximal digestion, growth and development.
GEMMA Micro is formulated with a high percentage of soluble hydrolysed marine proteins, marine fatty acids and phospholipids as well as with optimum levels of vitamins, minerals and micro ingredients. The multiple marine protein content coupled with the unique production process results in a diet which is extremely attractive to the larvae and easily digested. As a result, enriched Artemia nauplii can be economically and successfully replaced.
GEMMA Micro is easy to use whether feeding by hand or by automated micro-feeders as it spreads readily on the water surface and sinks slowly and is available in 4 ranges. With GEMMA Micro, the weaning period is short and fry are extremely vigorous and move readily onto the next feeding phase.
BENEFITS
Improved performance
Reliable quality of the dry feed
Released staff time for fish production compared to live feed
Greater production consistency & growth rates
More vigorous fry
Reduced risk of introducing pathogenic bacteria & viruses to the rearing system
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STELLA B - Superior Performance Feed for Barramundi
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STELLA B is a high quality floating feed range specially designed for barramundi reared in ponds from fingerling to harvest. These diets are the result of the extensive experience of Skretting in Barramundi nutrition through its global network. They have been formulated to achieve fast growth and low FCR.
All ingredients are purchased from sources approved by the Skretting group. Quality controls are systematically performed to ensure maximum digestibility, palatability and avoid any contaminant.
FEATURES:
It is available under floating pellets.
These diets are the result of the extensive experience of Skretting in Barramundi nutrition through its global network.
They have been formulated to achieve fast growth and low FCR.
All ingredients are purchased from sources approved by the Skretting group.
Quality controls are systematically performed to ensure maximum digestibility, palatability and avoid any contaminant.
BENEFITS
High levels of digestible proteins required by this carnivorous species
Achieve fats growth while maintaining low FCR
Ensures maximum digestibility, palatability and
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STELLA B - Superior Performance Feed for Barramundi
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STELLA B is a high quality floating feed range specially designed for barramundi reared in ponds from fingerling to harvest. These diets are the result of the extensive experience of Skretting in Barramundi nutrition through its global network. They have been formulated to achieve fast growth and low FCR.
All ingredients are purchased from sources approved by the Skretting group. Quality controls are systematically performed to ensure maximum digestibility, palatability and avoid any contaminant.
Features:
It is available under floating pellets.
These diets are the result of the extensive experience of Skretting in Barramundi nutrition through its global network.
They have been formulated to achieve fast growth and low FCR.
All ingredients are purchased from sources approved by the Skretting group.
Quality controls are systematically performed to ensure maximum digestibility, palatability and avoid any contaminant.
BENEFITS
High levels of digestible proteins required by this carnivorous species
Achieve fats growth while maintaining low FCR
Ensures maximum digestibility, palatability and
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SAPPHIRE - Superior Quality Feed for Intensive Farming
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SAPPHIRE is a superior quality shrimp feed range optimized for the production of Whiteleg Shrimp under intensive farming conditions.
Features:
It is available in 8 sizes, including mini-pellets, adapted to the different life stages and meeting the nutritional requirements of the Whiteleg Shrimp.
In order to maintain good pond water conditions while aiming at optimal performance, these diets include raw materials strictly for their digestiblity, palatibility and capacity to ensure a good pellet water stability.
Sapphire therefore achieves low feed conversion ratio, and natural attractants are also added to stimulate the feed intake thus allowing the shrimp to reach its full growth potential.
BENEFITS
Raw materials suitable for better digestibility
Allows the shrimp to reach its full growth potential
Palatability, and capacity to ensure good water stability
Achieves low FCR (feed conversion ratio)
Maintains good pond water conditions
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Vitalis PRIMA – the Best Marine Fish Broodstock diet
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Marine fish typically differ in their spawning patterns from salmonid fish, as they produce multiple batches of eggs. This increased fecundity requires a constant supply of nutrients and a diet able to have an effect in the spawning process within days.
Broodstock nutrition has a profound influence on the quantity, quality and performance of the offspring and the well being of the parent fish. A careful balance of essential nutrients is vital for ensuring brood fish conditioning, optimal sperm and egg development while providing sufficient energy to aid transition from endogenous to exogenous feeding inthe larvae.
“Complete enhancement feed programme for Marine Fish Broodstock”
Vitalis PRIMA is the most comprehensive marine fish broodstock diet, supporting the health of parent fish and young fry. It ensures maximal quantity and quality of the gametes and improves the performance of hatchery systems globally.
Vitalis PRIMA’s optimised nutritional formulation based on more than 30 years of research ensures health and robustness in broodstock, while improving biosecurity and sustainability.
BENEFITS
Optimised nutritional formulation for broodstock
Consistent high quality and palatability
Improved compatibility with RAS
Enhanced health and robustness
Improved biosecurity and sustainability eliminating the need for fresh feed supplementation
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GEMMA DIAMOND - A complete range of micro diet particles for Marine Fish Hatcheries
Benefits
Fast growth
Low FCR
Better hatchery economics
Improved fish health
More uniform growth of fish batches
Helps maintain good water quality
GEMMA Diamond has been designed to give juveniles the best start by as- suring fast and efficient growth and low feed conversion under pre-growing conditions. GEMMA Diamond contains a high level of multiple marine pro- teins and has an improved attractability and protein/energy ration for fast- track growth thanks to the low temperature extrusion production process. Pre-growing economics are also improved.
GEMMA Diamond is based on the principles and formulation of PRO- TEC which supports the juveniles in facing stressful events. Consequently, GEMMA Diamond can also be offered prior to stress-induced events.
GEMMA Diamond comes in five pellet sizes - 0.8mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm, 1.5mm and 1.8mm - to follow on from GEMMA Wean.
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GEMMA WEAN- A complete range of micro diet particles for Marine Fish Hatcheries
Benefits
Highly attractive to the fry
Excellent floatability
Helps maintain good water quality
Excellent larval growth
High quality of the fry
GEMMA Wean is a high end larval co-feeding and weaning diet aimed at Artemia optimisation and is fortified with a high level of proteins and phospholipids. GEMMA Wean provides the early weaned juveniles with dedicated fish nutrition and is an ideal follow on from GEMMA Micro or Artemia.
GEMMA Wean has an optimised nutri- tional balance and physical quality so that it flows more freely and spreads readily on the water surface. The balance of phospholipid classes to- gether with the production technology based on a low temperature extrusion process improve the physical aspect of the pellets while still retaining the high phospholipid content.
GEMMA Wean is available in 0.1mm, 0.2mm and 0.3mm. There is also a 0.5mm micro-pellet, GEMMA Wean Dia- mond, which covers the early nursery stage from post-weaning to pre-growing.
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Stella S- Complete extruded Floating Feed for Snakehead
Benefits
High levels of digestible proteins required by this carnivorous species.
Achieve fats growth while maintaining low FCR.
Ensures maximum digestibility, palatability and avoid any contaminant.
Features
The diets have a high level of digestible proteins and essential amino acids following the requirements of these carnivorous species.
The protein to energy ratio is optimized to achieve a fast growth while maintaining a low FCR.
Natural Palatibility enhancers are added to stimulate feed intake and raw materials are also selected to ensure a good fish body shape.
All ingredients are purchased from sources approved by the Skretting group. Quality controls are systematically performed to ensure maximum digestibility, palatability and avoid any contaminant.
Feed Application Method
Feed Method: Broadcast the feed evenly along the dykes or with help of feeding boat if available
Feeding Frequency: Divide the daily feed quantity equally 2 to 3 timesas per species and broadcast
Feeding Quantity: Mentioned in feeding table for guidelines only
Feed colour, variation and smell may not impact on feed performance
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MICRO- Complete extruded Floating Starter Feed for Freshwater Fish
Benefits
Range of high quality floating micro-pellets
High level of digestible proteins to allow fast growth
Pellet diameters to match the mouth of the fry and reduce the fish size variations
Optimal feed intake
Improved survival rate
Feed Characteristics
Young fish undergo fast morphological changes and need pellets adapted to their mouth shape. Micro is available in an important range of micro pellet sizes: powder (max. 400μm), 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 and 1.6 mm.
All micro pellets are floating (min. 95%) to allow an optimal feeding management by visual monitoring.
Thanks to state-to-the-art equipment, raw materials are reduced to very fine particles prior to extrusion to confer the highest homogeneity, digestibility, and water stability to the feed. Therefore, each micro pellet is ensured to contain the complete set of the required nutrients.
Fresh raw materials are selected for maximal digestibility and palatability.
High protein content with all the required essential amino acids, optimal protein/energy ratio, and high and well-balanced levels of omega 3 (mainly EPA and DHA) and omega 6 are provided to attain efficient growth and low feed conversion ratios.
Special attractants and palatability enhancers are included to improve feed intake and reduce feeding time.
Natural resistance of the fish against diseases is reinforced by enriching the feed with several Immune stimulants (mannan oligosaccharides, beta-glucans, acidifiers, and essential oils).
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ORI-ONE- For Barramundi, Whiteleg Shrimp and Black Tiger Shrimp
Benefits
Combined cultivation and enrichment of rotifers - all in one
Eliminates the need for separate enrichment
Easy to use
Minimal handling
ORI- ONE has been developed to offer excellent rotifer reproduction and measured nutritional incorporation without the need for a separate enrichment, thereby reducing the eutrophic, handling stress and improving overall rotifer quality and production efficiency.
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ORI-N3- Algal based enrichment of Artemia
Benefits
Innovative blend of high DHA algae allowing maximal uptake of DHA into the Artemia.
Tailored to best suit the operational and requirements.
Cleaner, more natural and sustainable enrichment.
ORI-N3 is a innovative algal based DHA enrichment for Artemia . Artemia are notoriously difficult to enrich with DHA, having the ability to break it down to EPA almost as fast as it is ingested.
ORI-N3 is an innovative algae blend of high DHA algae allowing maximal uptake of DHA into the Artemia in a very flexible and convenient manner.
Dosage and enrichment time can be tailored to best suit operational and nutritional requirements. ORI-N3 is free from fish oils resulting in a cleaner, more natural and sustainable enrichment.
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White Tiger - Micro Nutrition for Shrimp Larvae and Post-Larvae
Benefits
Highly Digestible Diet
Innovative Feed Solution
Natural Functional Ingredients
Protection against Pathogenic Bacteria
Sophisticated Production Process
Features
White Tiger diet is engineered to offer advanced nutrition to shrimp hatcheries.
Each micro particle is carefully designed, to offer a stable and nutritious platform while the low temperature production process ensures a soft, fresh and highly attractive particle.
Promotes natural functional ingredients that together assist with digestion, stabilizing gut pH and support the optimal well-being of shrimp larvae.
Improvements to overall shrimp health help to shield the shrimp from environmental impacts.
The concept of fortified immune system reduces the epidemic potential of an infection outbreak.
A dry diet with gradual hydration and effective dispersion, ensuring maximum consumption.
Feed Application Method
White Tiger is available in 5 particle sizes according to the size of the larva and postlarva.
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PL - Perfection in micro nutrition
Benefits
Single diet removing the need for diet cocktails
Increased feed consumption thanks to soft particles and high stability in the watergiving
Better growth
Improved water quality
PL has been designed to provide larval and post larval nutrition for both Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), from zoea -the first feeding stage of larval shrimp - through to nursery transfer.
PL, with its unique and innovative composition and thanks to its sophisticated technology process, ensures an optimal availability, freshness and stability of the nutrients.
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VITALIS 2.5 - An innovative feed solution for shrimp broodstock
Benefits
Potential to revolutionize maturation in shrimp hatcheries
A high protein feed, replaces fresh feeds usage in the maturation
1 step further to standardizing the hatching process
Reduced disease factor, increased biosecurity
What would you gain by using Vitalis 2.5 at maturation centres?
1. High nauplii production:
Improves quality and amount of Nauplii per female
Offers standardization in production
Reduced vibrio quantity
2. Reduced disease risk:
Eliminates fresh feeds as vectors
Constant and stable nutrient delivery
2 years shelf life of feed
No more freezers
3. Maintains water quality:
Reduced pathogens
Reduced water exchange
High biosecurity
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LORICA - Functional feed at Nursery stage
Benefits
Supports against environmental stress
Invaluable support to shrimp’s hepatopancreas function
Eases bacterial impact and inhibit communication between bacteria
Features
Shield:
1) Strengthening essential barriers 2) Functional ingredients 3) Population safeguarding
Support:
1) Enhanced immune system 2) Safeguarding nutrients
Balance:
Withstanding threats 2) Easing bacterial impact
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Accelerating the sustainable growth of aquaculture: concrete targets underpin Skretting’s sustainability strategy
Offering more in-depth insight than ever before, and presenting important local and global stories, this new interactive, digital document illustrates Skretting’s actions and achievements in what was an unprecedentedly difficult year for many people, businesses and economies on multiple levels.
These endeavours continued to support Skretting’s overriding sustainability vision to use its unique position in the value chain to enable aquaculture to help feed a global population that will be close to 10 billion people by 2050 in the most responsible manner possible. They were also aligned with the new Nutreco Sustainability RoadMap 2025, which defines the company’s sustainability ambitions for the next five years.
“Skretting intends to make a difference through its operations, and as part of the broader value chain”
Built upon the three pillars of Health & Welfare, Climate & Circularity, and Good Citizenship, and representing relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the RoadMap pinpoints where and how Skretting intends to make a difference through its operations, and as part of the broader value chain. These activities are supported by dynamic monitoring tools.
Specifically, the Health & Welfare pillar primarily focuses on the company’s commitment to reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), while the Climate & Circularity pillar concentrates on delivering a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more here: https://www.skretting.com/en-in/news-and-stories/accelerating-the-sustainable-growth-of-aquaculture-concrete-targets-underpin-skrettings-sustainability-strategy/
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