Impact of alternative feed on growth, yield and sensory evaluation of flesh of salmonids.

The bachelor thesis evaluates the impact of alternative feed on growth, yield and sensory evaluation of flesh of salmonids. The technology "finishing feeding" and its impact on these indicators was evaluated by a feeding test conducted in trout farm in Annin (Klatovské rybářství a.s.). The experimental species was brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis L.) with average weight of 156 ? 4,91 g. The test was carried out for 135 days and there were 2 diets. Diet A (rapeseed oil, RO) or B (fish oil, FO) or their combination (45RO:90FO; 90RO:45FO). Each treatment was carried out in duplicate. After 45, 90 days and at the end of the test, evaluation of production characteristics, yield and sensory evulation of fish muscle was carried out. Fish oil replacement by rapeseed oil had no effects on fish survival, growth, feed conversion and yield. After 45 days (first sensory evoluation), flesh of fish fed diet with rapeseed oil was better senzory evaluated than fish fed fish oil diet. However, the later sensory evaluation didn?t show any statistical differences among the treatments