Assessment of taurine bioavailability in pelleted and extruded diets with red drum Sciaenops ocellatus

Tuarine supplementation to plant-based diets for carnivorous fish species is becoming more common. This study assessed the bioavailability of taurine in cold pelleted and extrusion processed diets to red drum, and found that extrusion processing reduced taurine bioavailability by approximately 37% compared to cold pelleting.