Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health

Fish nutrition can be the deciding factor between a robust and healthy farmed fish population and low aquaculture production. In an age where chemicals and antibiotics are under greater scrutiny than ever, a strong understanding of the role of nutrients and feed additives is essential in the aquaculture industry. Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health is a comprehensive review of dietary nutrients, antinutritional factors and toxins, and non-nutrient dietary additives, and their effects on fish performance and immune system function, as well as overall health. The book opens with an overview of fish immune systems and health. Subsequent chapters delve into proteins and amino acids, lipids and fatty acids, carbohydrates, beta glucans, vitamins, minerals, antinutrients, mycotoxins, nucleotides, prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids and their salts, and plant extracts and their impacts on fish health, growth, and development. The text then concludes with a chapter on feeding practices. Authored by leaders in aquaculture, Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health will be an invaluable resource to graduate students, researchers and professionals alike.

Fish nutrition can be the deciding factor between a robust and healthy farmed fish population and low aquaculture production. In an age where chemicals and antibiotics are under greater scrutiny than ever, a strong understanding of the role of nutrients and feed additives is essential in the aquaculture industry.Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health is a comprehensive review of dietary nutrients, antinutritional factors and toxins, and non-nutrient dietary additives, and their effects on fish performance and immune system function, as well as overall health.The book opens with an overview of fish immune systems and health. Subsequent chapters delve into proteins and amino acids, lipids and fatty acids, carbohydrates, beta glucans, vitamins, minerals, antinutrients, mycotoxins, nucleotides, prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids and their salts, and plant extracts and their impacts on fish health, growth, and development. The text then concludes with a chapter on feeding practices.Authored by leaders in aquaculture, Dietary Nutrients, Additives and Fish Health will be an invaluable resource to graduate students, researchers and professionals alike.

List of Contributors ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xv1 Overview of Fish Immune System and Infectious Diseases 1Craig Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu, Benjamin LaFrentz, and Scott LaPatra2 Protein, Amino Acids, and Ingredients 25Carl D. Webster and Kenneth R. Thompson3 Lipids and Fatty Acids 47Douglas R. Tocher and Brett D. Glencross4 Carbohydrates 95Gro-Ingunn Hemre and Dong-Fang Deng5 beta-Glucans 111Ann L. Gannam6 Vitamins (Excluding C and E) 125Shi-Yen Shiau and Yu-Hung Lin7 The Effect of Vitamin C on Fish Health 151Viviane Verlhac Trichet, Ester Santigosa, Eve Cochin, and Jacques Gabaudan8 Vitamin E 173Marisol Izquierdo and Mónica Betancor9 Minerals 195Carl D. Webster and Chhorn Lim10 Antinutrients 211Åshild Krogdahl and Anne Marie Bakke11 Mycotoxin Contamination of Fish Feeds 237Bruce B. Manning12 Nucleotides 249Peng Li, Jianmin Zhao, and Delbert M. Gatlin III13 Prebiotics 271Delbert M. Gatlin III14 Gastrointestinal Microorganisms of Fish and Probiotics 283Viswanath Kiron15 Organic Acids and Their Salts 305Chhorn Lim, Christian Lückstädt, Carl D. Webster, and Phillip Kesius16 Plant Extracts 321Galina Jeney, Lourens De Wet, Zsigmond Jeney, and Guojun Yin17 Feeding Practices and Fish Health 333Chhorn Lim, Carl D. Webster, and Cheng-Sheng LeeIndex 347