Olive Pomace and Soybean-Sunflower Acid Oils as Alternative Fat Sources in European Seabass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) Diets: Effects on Performance, Digestibility and Flesh Fatty Acid Composition and Quality Parameters
Gerard Verge-Mèrida,
Ana Cristina Barroeta,
Carlos Ferrer,
Tània Serrano,
Francesc Guardiola,
María Dolores Soler,
Roser Sala
Affiliations
Gerard Verge-Mèrida
Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service (SNiBA), Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Ana Cristina Barroeta
Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service (SNiBA), Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Carlos Ferrer
Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service (SNiBA), Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Tània Serrano
Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service (SNiBA), Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Francesc Guardiola
Nutrition, Food Science and Gastronomy Department, Institut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària, Xarxa d’Innovació Alimentària, Universitat de Barcelona, 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
María Dolores Soler
Department of Animal Production and Health, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, 46115 Valencia, Spain
Roser Sala
Animal Nutrition and Welfare Service (SNiBA), Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
The effects of dietary inclusion of soybean-sunflower and olive pomace acid oils on growth, digestibility and flesh composition were studied in European seabass. Eight diets were fed for 100 days (101.37 ± 0.33 g initial weight, mean ± SD), differing in the added fat source (25% fish oil, 75% experimental oil): S (crude soybean oil), SA (soybean-sunflower acid oil), O (crude olive pomace oil) or OA (olive pomace acid oil); 3 blends: S-O, S-OA, SA-OA at a 1:1 ratio; and a diet containing only fish oil (F) as a control. Animals fed OA showed the worst performance among dietary treatments, with the lowest weight, specific growth ratio, average daily gain and the highest feed conversion ratio (p p > 0.05), but a lower digestibility of lipids and saturated fatty acids was observed (p p > 0.05). Hence the results suggest that the studied acid oils may potentially be used in fish diets although further studies are needed.
