The effects of commercial diets on performance, muscle proximate composition and waste loads of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

The rearing of sturgeons has shown a considerable increase in recent years, also in Italy (Ronyai and Varadi,1995), both for the caviar and for the meat, under increasing demand (Williot and Bourguignon,1991). There is still little information on the nutrient requirements and optimal feeding rates of white sturgeon (Hung, 1991), even if specific diets for this species are now available on market...