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Mussel meal and mussel shell meal

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

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Description
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Common names 

Mussel meal, mussel shell, mussel shell meal

Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 

Two types of products are available. One is mussel meal, which includes the edible meat portion of the mussel. The other is mussel shell meal, which is what is remaining after the edible portion has been removed from the shell. Shells are normally sun-dried and ground, prior to being incorporated into a ration.

Nutritional aspects
Nutritional attributes 

Mussel meal and mussel shell meal have been shown to have value as a source of supplemental calcium and protein.

Poultry 

Research has primarily been conducted with layers. Mussel meal has been shown to be an acceptable partial replacement for fish meal and an excellent source of calcium for layer. When mussel shell meal was added to layer diets, egg shell thickness increased, egg breakage decreased and yield and quality of eggs were not found to be changed (Tolokonnikov et al., 1982). In addition to egg shell thickness the specific gravity of the egg was also increased (Pil'eva, 1989). Mussel meal has been demonstrated to be an acceptable partial replacement for fish meal in layer diets (Lachica, 1990).

Crustaceans 

The performance of juvenile prawns Penaeus merguiensis fed freezed dried mussels (Mytilus edulis) was found to be improved when vitamins and minerals were added to the diet (Sedgwick, 1980).

Tiger prawns (Penaeus mododon) grew better on formulated diets than on fresh mussels (Kibria, 1993).

In postlarval blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris), a diet containing 30 % mussel meal, 15 % squid meal, 5% soybean meal, 20 % fish meal and 22 % wheat bran supplemented with live Artemia nauplii the best growth and survival (Fenucci et al., 1984).

Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Fenucci, J. L. ; Saez, M. B. ; Petriella, A. M. ; Müller, M. I., 1984. Nutritional studies on Penaeus stylirostris in Argentine. Revista Latinoamericana de Acuicultura, 19: 22-28 web icon
Jönsson, L., 2009. Mussel meal in poultry diets. Doctoral diss. Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU. Acta Universitatis agriculturae Sueciae vol. 2009:83 web icon
Kibria, G., 1993. Studies on molting, molting frequency and growth of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) fed on natural and compounded diets. Asian Fisheries Science, 6 (2): 129-254 web icon
Kyntäjä, S. ; Partanen, K. ; Siljander-Rasi, H. ; Jalava, T., 2014. Tables of composition and nutritional values of organically produced feed materials for pigs and poultry. MTT Report 164 web icon
Lachica, V. L., 1990. Performance of layers fed different levels of non-conventional protein. Gregorio Araneta Univ., Foundation, Malabon, Metro Manila (Philippines), 192 p. web icon
Pil'eva, A. P., 1989. Effects of diets containing a meal from artificially grown mussels on the utilization of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium and on egg shell quality of laying hens. Byulleten' Vsesoyuznogo Nauchno-issledovatel'skogo Instituta Fiziologii, Biokhimii i Pitaniya Sel'skokhozyaistvennykh Zhivotnykh, 3 (95): 59-63
Sedgwick, R. W., 1980. The requirements of Penaeus merguiensis for vitamin and mineral supplements in diets based on freeze-dried Mytilus edulis meal. Aquaculture, 19 (2): 127-137 web icon
Tolokonnikov, Y. A. ; Orlov, L. V. ; Tolokonnikov, S. Y., 1982. Effect of edible mussel meal on egg yield and quality, and physiological state of layers. Byulleten' Vsesoyuznogo Nauchno issledovatel' skogo Instituta Fiziologii, Biokhimii i Pitaniya Sel' skokhozyaistvennykh Zhivotnykh (3/67): 61-63
Waldenstedt, L. ; Jonsson, L., 2006. Mussel meal as a high quality protein source for broiler chickens. EPC 2006 - 12th European Poultry Conference, Verona, Italy, 10-14 Sept., 2006, paper 214 web icon
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