Development of microencapsulated diets for shellfish, echinoderms and fish

布景主题：农业和粮食安全该项目将利用微胶囊技术开发贝类、棘皮动物和鱼类的替代饲料，这些替代饲料比目前使用的食物来源藻类更便宜、更可持续、更有营养。饮食可以根据特定物种、发育阶段量身定制，并提供限制在特定位置的营养素。制造合作伙伴已经排好队，以促进生产。饲料的测试将在实验室和孵化场进行，并将涉及与北方爱尔兰或挪威的商业伙伴合作。为了检测微胶囊饲料和分析消化，将使用生物成像和分析技术，包括扫描电子显微镜，MicroCT扫描，激光粒度分析和溶解曲线。实验数据需要统计分析。

Theme: Agriculture and Food SecurityThe project will use microencapsulation technology to develop replacement diets for shellfish, echinoderms and fish that are cheaper, more sustainable, and more nutritional than the currently used food source; algae. Diets can be tailored to specific species, stages of development, and to provide nutrients limiting in a particular location. Manufacturing partners have been lined up to facilitate production. Testing of the diets will be done both in the laboratory and in hatcheries, and will involve working with commercial partners in Northern Ireland or Norway.To characterise microencapsulated feeds and analyse digestion, biological imaging and analyses techniques including Scanning Electron Microscopy, MicroCT Scanning, Laser Particle Sizing, and Dissolution Profiling will be used. Experimental data will require statistical analyses.