Functional Feed Additive

Functional feeds as the future of aquaculture. By embracing nutrition strategies to address specific stresses, environmental situations, life stage requirements and pathologies, the industry can optimize animal performance as well as operational efficiency. Functional feed products include larval feeds and live feed replacements, as well as feed additives, supporting mills in creating functional feed solutions for health management purposes. Pure substance or a mixture of substances that is intentionally added to feeds and exert a single or several different specific functions; includes all nutritive or not, inert or active, natural or sy-nthetic chemical compounds. Main feed additives used in the shrimp nutrition have traditionally included: antibiotics, probiotics, nutrients, pigments, enzymes, preservatives, antioxidants, attractants and appetite stimu-lants.