Tenebrio molitor meal in diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) juveniles: Growth performance, whole body composition and in vivo apparent digestibility

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-45

  Gasco, Laura ^a,b   Henry, Morgane ^c   Piccolo, Giovanni ^d   Marono, Stefania ^d   Gai, Francesco ^b   Renna, Manuela ^a   Lussiana, Carola ^a   Antonopoulou, Efthimia ^e   Mola, Paula ^c   Chatzifotis, Stavros ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility coefficient; Fatty acid profile; Fishmeal substitution; Insect meal; Performance parameters; Yellow mealworm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995467750     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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