Main description:

Nutrition and Physiology of Fish and Shellfish is a solid reference on the most recent advances and fundamental subjects in nutrient metabolism, intestinal transport and physiology of taste in fish. The book covers the known nutrient requirements and deficiency effects for different fish, along with information on the digestion and metabolism of nutrients and energy. It discusses nutrient sources and preparation of practical and research feeds and provides directions for conducting fish nutrition and feeding experiments. Other sections address current topics of interest to researchers and nutritionists in aquaculture research and the feed and allied industry.

The book is written by an international group of experts and contains fresh approaches of both classical and modern concepts of animal nutrition. All chapters clearly provide the essential literature related to the principles of fish nutrition and physiology that will be useful for academic researchers, those working professionally in aquaculture industries, and for graduate level students and researchers.

Contents:

Section 1: Introductory remarks 1. Basic Concepts in Nutrition 2. Nutritional basis for fish and fish and crustaceans 3. Physiological and Biochemical basis of fish and crustaceans nutrition

Section 2: Chemistry of nutrients 4. Chemistry and sources of Protein and Amino Acids 5. Chemistry and sources of Lipids 6. Chemistry and sources of Carbohydrates

Section 3: Metabolism 7. Metabolism of protein and amino acids 8. Metabolism of lipids 9. Metabolism of carbohydrates 10. Bioenergetics 11. Nutrition and Metabolism of Vitamins 12. Nutrition and Metabolism of Minerals

Section 4: Digestive organs and functions 13. Digestive physiology of fish 14. Digestive physiology of prawns and shrimp 15. Digestive physiology of crayfish 16. Digestive physiology of crabs 17. The physiology of taste in fish and crustaceans 18. Regulation of Food Intake by fish and crustaceans 19. Gut health: Importance fish-gut microbe in fish nutrition 20. Ion transport and nitrogen excretion

Section 5: Nutrient requirements 21. Nutrients and energy requirements for fin fish 22. Nutrients and energy requirements for prawn and shrimp 23. Nutrients and energy requirements for crabs and crayfish

Section 6: Feed ingredients and feeding practices 24. Feed ingredients for aquafeed 25. Antinutritional factors and adventitious toxins 26. Additives in Aquafeed 27. Enzymes in aqua feed 28. Prebiotics in Finfish and Crustaceans 29. Probiotic in Finfish and Crustaceans 30. Methodologies and quality assessment of feed 31. Feed formulation and production technology 32. Feeding practices for fin fish 33. Feeding practices for crustaceans

Section 7: Nutritional deficiency diseases and aquatic environment 34. The Pathology of Nutritional disease 35. Impacts of feeding practices on aquatic environment

Section 8: Integrated sciences with nutrition 36. Nutrition and the Immune System 37. Nutrition and Reproduction 38. Nutrigenomics approaches in Fish Nutrition 39. Feed to food: current status and prospective 40. Aquafeed roles in global food security