Urea and trimethylamine oxide in diets for seawater farmed rainbow trout: Effect on fat belching, skin vesicle, winter ulcer and quality grading

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-254

  ROrvik K A ^a,c   Steien, S H ^b   Saltkjelsvik, B ^a   Thomassen, M S ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b BioMar AS   (Norway)

^c Institute of Aquaculture Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fat belching; Quality grading; Rainbow trout; Skin vesicle; TMAO; Ulcer; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004035454     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.2000.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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