Nutrition in Aquaculture

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Mechanism of food digestion in fishes. 3. Energy metabolism and nutrition in fish. 4. Considerations on general nutritional requirement of fish. 5. Carbohydrate, lipid and protein requirement of fish. 6. Requirement of vitamins by fish. 7. The mineral requirements in fish feeds. 8. Formulated feeds for fish. 9. Novel feeds and feeding mechanism in aquaculture. 10. Microencapsulated egg diets for fish larvae. 11. Non-conventional fish feed ingredients. 12. Raw material used in aqua feed industry and their nutritional properties. 13. Artificial feeds for aquaculture. 14. Processing involved in feed manufacturing. 15. Processes and the nutritive value of aqua feeds. 16. Fish feed micro-ingredients and their stability. 17. Use of feeds additives in aqua feeds. 18. Toxins, molds and aflatoxicosis in fish feeds. 19. Live feeds for aquaculture. 20. Storage problems of aqua feeds and ingredients. 21. Quality assurance and quality control in fish feed industry. 22. Analysis of nutritional qualities of fish feed. 23. Design and experimentation in fish nutrition. Subject index.

From the Preface: "In this book more emphasis is given on practical approaches for aquaculture nutrition, since aquaculture is a very fast growing field in Asia. Moreover the nutrition is a most neglected aspect in Asian regions. Owing to the reason this book is planned to have a thorough review of quality literature available at various sources and bridging the gaps with available technology. In Asian aquaculture scenario such type of single literature source on nutrition for aquaculture is presently not available. This is the driving thrust behind writing this book.

This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account on aquaculture nutrition. Nutrition is a very important aspect in modern aquaculture farming practices. Majority of the expenses are incurred on feeds in any type of aquafarming enterprise. If aquaculture farm is managed with wisely formulated feed and judicial feeding practice can very effectively reduce the expensed over it and can maximise the profit. This book includes 23 chapters having overall discussion and description regarding nutrition in aquaculture.

The book will be useful for fishery professionals, policy makers, students, scientists and extension workers as a useful reference material."