Dietary supplements for the health and quality of cultured fish /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Fishes > Quality.; Dietary supplements.; Fishes > Health.; Fishes > Feeding and feeds.; Animal Nutrition (General); Aquaculture (Animals); Feed Composition and Quality.; Algae.; Plants.; Amino acids.; Animal health.; Animal nutrition.; Aquaculture.; Chitin.; Economics.; Feed formulation.; Feed supplements.; Fish feeding.; Fisheries.; Food safety.; Lipids.; Microorganisms.; Minerals.; Nucleotides.; Nutrient requirements.; Peptides.; Saponins.; Vitamins.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Proper nutrition and feeding are critical components of aquaculture. Effective utilization of well-balanced diet formulations is of utmost importance and influences most aspects of production, including the cost, yield and quality of resulting products, as well as the sustainability of aquacultural practices including potential environmental impacts. In addition to the various required macro- and micro-nutrients, emphasis has been placed on non-nutritive supplements in recent years. These have been found to influence many attributes of freshwater and marine fish, particularly taste and colour, resistance to disease and health benefits to human consumers. This book presents a comprehensive review of the most important nutrients and non-nutritive supplements, using scientific evidence to support the best practices for using these compounds in diet formulations to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of aquaculture. This book is a valuable resource for students and practitioners in aquaculture and fisheries, as well as animal nutrition, feeding and husbandry.