Mediterranean brown trout feeding trial (Salmo ghigii) with dried larvae and enriched with Genufeed enrichment.

· Period: June to November 2022

· Partners and roles: Genufeed, an Israeli company specialized in the production of feed additives for aquaculture; BEF Biosystems; Luserna San Giovanni Incubator of the Metropolitan City of Turin; University of Turin - Department of Biology

· Researchers and contributors : Marco Meneguz, R&D manager; Stefano Mercandino R&D; Carola Mileto R&D.

OBJECTIVES:

The main objective of this work was to use a product, whole dry larva, enriched with an additive produced by Genufeed to feed brown trout of an age of two years to see the effect on reproduction.

Many communities have decided to focus on genetically oriented breeding in order to preserve the "wild" line. The trial was conducted at the site located in Luserna San Giovanni (Turin, Italy), stocked brown trout were used in the experimental part of our research.