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.

List of Contributors ix Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv 1 Overview of Fish Immune System and Infectious Diseases 1 Craig Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu, Benjamin LaFrentz, and Scott LaPatra 2 Protein, Amino Acids, and Ingredients 25 Carl D. Webster and Kenneth R. Thompson 3 Lipids and Fatty Acids 47 Douglas R. Tocher and Brett D. Glencross 4 Carbohydrates 95 Gro-Ingunn Hemre and Dong-Fang Deng 5 β-Glucans 111 Ann L. Gannam 6 Vitamins (Excluding C and E) 125 Shi-Yen Shiau and Yu-Hung Lin 7 The Effect of Vitamin C on Fish Health 151 Viviane Verlhac Trichet, Ester Santigosa, Eve Cochin, and Jacques Gabaudan 8 Vitamin E 173 Marisol Izquierdo and Mónica Betancor 9 Minerals 195 Carl D. Webster and Chhorn Lim 10 Antinutrients 211 Åshild Krogdahl and Anne Marie Bakke 11 Mycotoxin Contamination of Fish Feeds 237 Bruce B. Manning 12 Nucleotides 249 Peng Li, Jianmin Zhao, and Delbert M. Gatlin III 13 Prebiotics 271 Delbert M. Gatlin III 14 Gastrointestinal Microorganisms of Fish and Probiotics 283 Viswanath Kiron 15 Organic Acids and Their Salts 305 Chhorn Lim, Christian Lückstädt, Carl D. Webster, and Phillip Kesius 16 Plant Extracts 321 Galina Jeney, Lourens De Wet, Zsigmond Jeney, and Guojun Yin 17 Feeding Practices and Fish Health 333 Chhorn Lim, Carl D. Webster, and Cheng-Sheng Lee Index 347