Optimizing Farm-Raised Fish Production: Nutritional Requirements, Precision Feed Formulations, Sustainable Feeding Strategies, and Health and Welfare
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 311
Special Issue Editors
2. Emeritus Professor of Aquaculture Nutrition and Biosciences, Harper Adams University, Newport, UK
Interests: fish nutritional requirements; feed formulation; functional feed additives; sustainable ingredients; immuno-nutrition; gene expression; gut integrity; microbiome; disease resistance; health and welfare
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Interests: fish nutrition; prebiotic; probiotics and synbiotics; feed additives
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will cover major investigations concerning the advancement in our knowledge of more precise fish nutrition requirements and feed formulations for aquaculture applications. There is a need to update and more accurately redefine the fundamental needs for dietary nutrients such as protein, essential amino acids, vitamins, and key minerals for the growth and health of fish under a variety of production scenarios. The evaluation of new protein and energy ingredients in feeds is considered. The integration of nutrition into other important systems such as immunocompetence and the role in promoting optimized immune function to fight infection and invasive pathogens can be examined. This may include studies that assess how different diets can mitigate the risk of disease through achieving a superior health status such as improved gut integrity. With increased environmental stressors such as climate change and elevated temperature, aquaculture is facing new risks and challenges. These will affect metabolism and physiological processes that can compromise welfare. There are emerging opportunities to explore a new generation of dietary ingredients and supplements as feed additives with functional properties. These include a myriad of bioactive natural agents. Linking nutrition and feeds towards the welfare of farmed fish is central to this theme.
Prof. Dr. Simon Davies
Prof. Dr. Ehab El-Haroun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fish nutritional requirements
- feed formulation
- functional feed additives
- immuno-nutrition
- gene expression
- gut integrity
- microbiome
- disease resistance
- welfare
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