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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Inclusion of oil from transgenic Camelina sativa in feed effectively supplies EPA and DHA to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) grown to market size in seawater pens
Author(s): Tocher, Douglas R
Sprague, Matthew
Han, Lihua
Sayanova, Olga
Norambuena, Fernando
Napier, Johnathan A
Betancor, Mónica B
Contact Email: m.b.betancor@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Aquaculture
Farmed salmon
Omega-3Transgenic oil
EPA and DHA
Issue Date: 22-Apr-2024
Date Deposited: 17-Apr-2024
Citation: Tocher DR, Sprague M, Han L, Sayanova O, Norambuena F, Napier JA & Betancor MB (2024) Inclusion of oil from transgenic Camelina sativa in feed effectively supplies EPA and DHA to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) grown to market size in seawater pens. <i>Food Chemistry</i>.
Abstract: Atlantic salmon were fed either a diet reflecting current commercial feeds with added oil supplied by a blend of fish oil and rapeseed oil (COM), or a diet formulated with oil from transgenic Camelina sativa containing 20% EPA+DHA (TCO). Salmon were grown from smolt to market size (>3kg) in sea pens under semi-commercial conditions. There were no differences in growth, feed efficiency or survival between fish fed the TCO or COM diets at the end of the trial. Levels of EPA+DHA in flesh of salmon fed TCO were significantly higher than in fish fed COM. A 140g fillet from TCO-fed salmon delivered 2.3g of EPA+DHA, 67% of the weekly requirement level recommended by many health agencies, and 1.5-fold more than the 1.5g of EPA+DHA for COM-fed fish. Oil from transgenic Camelina supported growth and improved the nutritional quality of farmed salmon in terms of increased “omega-3” supply for human consumers.
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