[Feed value of krill meal in laboratory animals, pigs and broilers]

In analytical chemical experiments as well as animal experiments the quality of two charges of krill meal produced in the scope of test hauls was tested in comparison to fish meal. The krill meal samples tested in our experiments with their minimal values per kg dry matter of approximately 640 g crude protein 48 g lysine and 20 g methionine + cystine are by all means comparable to fish meal of medium or good quality. The digestibility of the two krill meal samples was good. Krill meal of this quality can replace the fish meal quota in broiler feed. Analogously to fish meal, the quota of krill meal should not exceed 70 to 80 g per kg feed, on the one hand for reasons of nutrient economy and on the other hand in order to avoid a negative influence on the taste of the broiler meat. In addition to that, reference is made to storage problems of krill meal and mixed feeding containing krill meal and to the necessity of clarifying toxicologic problems.