Feather meal: A useful addition to fish feed

Feather meal is a highly valuable protein source for aquaculture feeds and has demonstrated excellent performance in academic and commercial-scale trials at high inclusion levels. Here we describe some of these trials and their outcomes. Mainly in salmonid feeds in North and South Americas, feather meal has been used for many years now and at increasing levels in recent years. Unfortunately, in other countries, feeds are routinely formulated to contain below 7% of feather meal and in some count