Feed Additives for Aquaculture and Aquarium Culture

• Author(s): Barata, Eduardo Nuno ; Velez, Zélia
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2665
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): aquaculture; feed additives; amino acids; aquarium culture; 1-methyl-L-tryptophane; attractive feed additive; inducer of ingestion additive; feed
• Document Type: Patent
• Language: English

Description

The presente invention refers of feed additives for aquaculture and aquarium culture. These additives comprise the amino acid, 1-methyl-L-tryptophane, or its isomers with the objective of improving the attractiveness of feeds used in aquaculture and aquaria for fish, as well as other aquatic organisms, under culture conditions. Therefore, this invention has applications in the agriculture-food industry.