date:Apr 09, 2013
entist Marit Espe.
Farmed salmon feed currently contains more than 50 per cent plant protein. Vegetable raw materials have a quite different amino acid composition from fish meal, and they do not contain taurine. This means that it is important to know about of the potential consequences if salmon feed lacks sufficient taurine, and of the potential impact of such a deficiency on the health of the fish.
We know that salmon synthesise their own taurine from the essential amino acids methionine a