Fish oil replacement in current aquaculture feed: is cholesterol a hidden treasure for fish nutrition?

Teleost fish, as with all vertebrates, are capable of synthesizing cholesterol and as such have no dietary requirement for it. Thus, limited research has addressed the potential effects of dietary cholesterol in fish, even if fish meal and fish oil are increasingly replaced by vegetable alternatives...

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Main Authors: Fernando Norambuena, Michael Lewis, Noor Khalidah Abdul Hamid, Karen Hermon, John A Donald, Giovanni M Turchini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3852530?pdf=render