Nutrition and Physiology of Fish and Shellfish: Feed Regulation, Metabolism and Digestion

ISBN-13: 9780323908733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025

Vikas Kumar

Spis treści

Section 1: Introductory remarks1. Basic Concepts in Nutrition2. Nutritional basis for fish and fish and crustaceans3. Physiological and Biochemical basis of fish and crustaceans nutrition

Section 2: Chemistry of nutrients4. Chemistry and sources of Protein and Amino Acids 5. Chemistry and sources of Lipids6. Chemistry and sources of Carbohydrates

Section 3: Metabolism7. Metabolism of protein and amino acids8. Metabolism of lipids9. Metabolism of carbohydrates10. Bioenergetics11. Nutrition and Metabolism of Vitamins12. Nutrition and Metabolism of Minerals

Section 4: Digestive organs and functions13. Digestive physiology of fish14. Digestive physiology of prawns and shrimp15. Digestive physiology of crayfish 16. Digestive physiology of crabs17. The physiology of taste in fish and crustaceans18. Regulation of Food Intake by fish and crustaceans 19. Gut health: Importance fish-gut microbe in fish nutrition20. Ion transport and nitrogen excretion

Section 5: Nutrient requirements21. Nutrients and energy requirements for fin fish22. Nutrients and energy requirements for prawn and shrimp23. Nutrients and energy requirements for crabs and crayfish

Section 6: Feed ingredients and feeding practices24. Feed ingredients for aquafeed25. Antinutritional factors and adventitious toxins26. Additives in Aquafeed27. Enzymes in aqua feed28. Prebiotics in Finfish and Crustaceans29. Probiotic in Finfish and Crustaceans30. Methodologies and quality assessment of feed31. Feed formulation and production technology32. Feeding practices for fin fish33. Feeding practices for crustaceans

Section 7: Nutritional deficiency diseases and aquatic environment34. The Pathology of Nutritional disease35. Impacts of feeding practices on aquatic environment

Section 8: Integrated sciences with nutrition36. Nutrition and the Immune System37. Nutrition and Reproduction38. Nutrigenomics approaches in Fish Nutrition39. Feed to food: current status and prospective40. Aquafeed roles in global food security