Feeding European sea bass with increasing dietary fibre levels: Impact on growth, blood biochemistry, gut histology, gut evacuation

Changing trends in fish feed formulation, with progressively higher inclusion levels of plant ingredients, are invariably introducing more fibre despite the fact that this component cannot be utilized by most fish. The effects of increasing insoluble dietary fibre level on growth, nutrient utilisation, blood parameters and gut health in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) were studied over a period of 117 days. Moreover, investigation on...