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Shrimp Shell Powder

Shrimp meal is a by-product of the processing industry. Shrimps are either frozen or processed after drying or drying. On the market today, there are several types of shrimp meal depending on the type of raw material used. It may contain shrimps or parts of shrimp such as heads or shells. Shrimp meal can also be made from fresh shrimp. In shrimp meal, a portion of crude protein is the form of chitin.

For animals, such as pigs should not see the complete shell shrimp with fish, because the high chitin

will affect the digestion of pigs. Only substituting not more than 50% fish meal should stimulate growth.

For chicken: Shrimp meal can replace fish meal, soybean meal in chicken diet. Replacement rates range from 25 to 65% for fish meal, and from 50% ddeens for soy flour. Shrimp flour is also used as pigment supplements in chickens. For laying hens, replacement rates of 5% to 25% did not affect performance and quality of eggs

For seafood: Shrimp meal is very good for fish due to high crude protein and high digestibility (84.29%) it stimulates growth of fish.