28 2010
Fish Byproducts used to exterminate rats in Philippines
Fish paste, a fish by-product, has been proven an effective rat exterminator, particularly with its somehow offensive odor that attracts rodents like commercially produced chemicals, agriculture officials in the Philippines say.
02 2009
Marine proteins shown to be effective to support weight gain in poultry
The Bluewave Marine Ingredient company in Peru reports that they have had some successful trials using their PerfectDigestTM marine peptide to improve feed conversion and weight gain in poultry. The study, conducted at the Bangkok Animal Research Center (BARC), showed in an 800 bird matrix that their product provided nearly a 2% FCR improvement and a 3.3% growth improvement in poultry over the initial 10 day trial.
Blue Waves products range in price starting at $1.0/kg for a liquid protein concentrate, and up to $4.5/kg for a protein isolate powder, ex-works.
11 2009
New fish peptide isolate plant in S. America
Bluewave Marine Ingredients is please to announce its new sanitary facility dedicated to the production of Fish Peptides for Feed / Food ingredient applications is up and running in So. America.
The sanitary grade facility began commercial scale production of Peptides this summer with Ecuadorian poultry/aquaculture clients being the first to incorporate PerfectDigestTM FPi into their feed formulas.
23 2009
New Study on Fish Protein Shows Link to Controlling High Blood Pressure
Medical scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating how a species of fish from the Pacific Ocean could help provide answers to tackling chronic conditions such as hereditary high blood pressure and kidney disease.
They are examining whether the Goby fish can help researchers locate genes linked to high blood pressure. This is because a protein called Urotensin II, first identified in the fish, is important for regulating blood pressure in all vertebrates- from fish to humans.
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