Use of mannose oligosaccharide compositions for feeding crustaceans
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsVirginia CALABUIG PONS, Bruno Frédéric STENGEL
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a feed composition suitable for feeding crustaceans comprising mannose oligosaccharides. The invention also relates to the use of mannose oligosaccharide compositions for feeding crustaceans. The invention also relates to crustaceans as a food source, in particular shrimp of the species Litopenaeus vannamei or Penaeus monodon, fed with the feed composition comprising mannose oligosaccharides.
Claims6
A mannose oligosaccharide composition, which has solubility in water of 50% or more;
- comprising less than 0.1 wt % beta-glucan on a dry weight basis (db);
- comprising at least 50 wt % of mannose oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerization of 3 or more on a dry weight basis (db);
- obtained by polycondensation of mannose in a microreactor, wherein the pressure in the microreactor is from 0.5 bar to 30 bar;
- and
- optionally, comprising at least 50% α,β-(1,6) linkages and α,β-(1,3) linkages,
- for use in a prophylactic treatment of crustaceans to prevent or reduce the severity of bacterial infections.
A feed composition suitable for feeding crustaceans, preferably of the order Decapoda, more preferably of the suborders Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata, more preferably shrimp, most preferably shrimp of the species Litopenaeus vannamei and Penaeus monodon, the feed comprising a mannose oligosaccharide composition, which:
- has a solubility in water of 50% or more, and
- comprises less than 0.1 wt % beta-glucan on a dry weight basis, and
- comprises at least 50 wt % of mannose oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerization of 3 or more, and
- obtained by polycondensation of mannose in a microreactor, wherein the pressure in the microreactor is from 0.5 bar to 30 bar;
- and
- optionally, comprises at least 50% α,β-(1,6) linkages and α,β-(1,3) linkages,
- wherein the feed composition further comprises one or more other feed ingredients selected from fishmeal, other marine-based proteins, plant-based protein, whole wheat, wheat flour, fish or plant-based oil, minerals, vitamins, lecithin, cholesterol, and palatability enhancers.
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