Lafeber Products:
Emeraid Piscivore
Product Description
Emeraid Piscivore is the first elemental diet designed for the critically ill seabird.
Recommended Use
Emeraid Piscivore is designed to meet the metabolic needs of the critically ill fish-eater. This diet may be fed as a sole or partial source of nutrition.
Features and Benefits
This diet contains:
- Hydrolyzed protein and purified amino acids, making protein more easily absorbable
- A highly digestible blend of fats and simple carbohydrates for energy.
- Stabilized vitamins
- Dietary nucleotides to provide DNA and RNA precursors
- Optimal ratios of sodium, potassium and chloride
Fish oil is added to Emeraid powder in-house, allowing dietary fat content to be varied from 5% to 35%.
Product Size
2 kg (4.4 lb) tub
Storage
Refrigerate Emeraid after opening.
Refrigerate or freeze fish oil.
Guaranteed Analyses
| Crude protein (min) | 44.50% |
| Crude fat (min) | 4.40% |
| Crude fiber (max) | 4.46% |
| Moisture (max) | 9.00% |
| Metabolizable energy at 10.5% oil | 3.89 kcal/g |
| Metabolizable energy at 20.5% oil | 4.46 kcal/g |
| Omega-3 fatty acids (min) | 0.34% |
| Omega-6 fatty acids (min) | 2.86% |
| Calcium (min) | 0.96% |
| Phosphorus (min) | 0.84% |
Ingredients
Soy protein hydrolyzed, corn syrup solids, cellulose, defatted wheat germ, corn oil, glutamine (an essential amino acid), dicalcium phosphate, ground limestone, potassium chloride, DL-methionine (an essential amino acid), magnesium sulfate, vitamin A supplement, vitamin E supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), choline chloride, cysteine (an essential amino acid), taurine (an essential amino acid), ethoxyquin (a preservative), manganese oxide, niacin supplement, calcium dipantothenate, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, biotin, ascorbic acid, sodium selenite.
For information on nutritional support see:
Emeraid feeding protocols for starving or emaciated seabirds
Tube feeding birds
