Australia creates sustainable super foods for farmed shrimp
Australian researchers have just created sustainable superfoods for shrimp, which can boost shrimp growth rates at least 30% faster.
Researchers have tried to develop marine bacteria as a substitute for farmed shrimp for at least a decade. Usually, farmed shrimp are fed processed food, not guaranteed stability because they are made from caught fish.
Specialist Nigel Preston said his team discovered a way to develop marine bacteria in controlled environments, then turned these bacteria into food additives called Novacq .
New food speeds up metabolism, helps food absorption occur faster and therefore shrimp grows faster. Experimental results in the wild shrimp and shrimp fed this new food showed that the growth rate in shrimp fed new food was up to 30-40%.
Experts evaluate this new invention well for consumers, for the environment and for shrimp farmers.
Bacterial development technology can be applied in many environments, simple and inexpensive, so countries can apply this method.
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