Phosphorous levels at freshwater stage the focus of Stirling salmon research

摘要

Feeding Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar) higherdietary phosphorous (P) throughout its freshwater life stage significantly reduces occurrence of vertebral malformations, according to a study conducted at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling in Scodand.The study by Marie Smedley and her team investigated dietary phosphorous supplementation in diploid and triploid Adantic salmon siblings with an emphasis on impacts at the three freshwater life stages.