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Nutrition and Physiology of Fish and Shellfish

Feed Regulation, Metabolism, and Digestion

  • 1st Edition - April 2, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Vikas Kumar
  • Language: English

Nutrition and Physiology of Fish and Shellfish: Feed Regulation, Metabolism and Digestion is a solid reference on the most recent advances and fundamental subjects in nutrient… Read more

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Description

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

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

Key features

  • Presents the most recent advances in the field over the last decade
  • Includes all nutritionally balanced, environmentally sound, and cost-effective feed for finfish and crustaceans
  • Provides comprehensive coverage related to nutrition and metabolism of finfish and crustaceans, from fundamental nutritional concepts to digestive physiology and nutrient requirements

Readership

Researchers, owners and managers of hatcheries and fish farms, Professionals from all over the world in new technologies for hatchery and grow out of marine fish in the private and commercial sectors, R&D, Government, Corporate Markets

Table of contents

Section I: Introductory remarks

1. History of Fish Nutrition

Section II: Chemistry of nutrients

2. Chemistry and sources of protein

3. Chemistry and sources of Lipids

4. Chemistry and sources of Carbohydrates

Section III: Feed regulation

5. Regulation of food intake in teleost fish

6. Gustatory System and Implications for Feeding in Fish

Section IV: Metabolism

7. Protein homeostasis

8. Metabolism of protein: metabolic transformation of dietary amino acids in fishes and shrimp

9. Lipid metabolism in fish and shellfish

10. Metabolism of carbohydrates

11. Nutrition and Metabolism of Vitamins

12. Minerals

13. Bioenergetics

Section V: Muscle Physiology

14. Nutritional regulation of myogenesis and muscle physiology

Section VI: Digestive organs and functions

15. Fish digestive physiology

16. Digestive anatomy and physiology of shrimp

17. Feeding, digestion and nutrition of marine bivalve suspension-feeders - a synopsis

18. Nutrition and digestive physiology of Echinozoa

19. Nutrition and digestive physiology of lobsters and crabs

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 2, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editor

VK

Vikas Kumar

Vikas Kumar is an assistant professor of fish nutrition and nutrigenomics at the University of Idaho in the United States. He has more than a decade of research in aquaculture and nutritional biochemistry, fish nutrition, nutritional physiology, gut health, and feed processing, formulation, and nutrigenomics approaches to enhancing aquaculture production. He currently serves as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and as leading associate editor for the Animal Feed Science and Technology (Elsevier) and the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (Wiley).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Fish Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, University of Idaho, Idaho, USA

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