Aquatic Animal Nutrition: Plant Preparations

Aquatic Animal Nutrition

A specialized reference on using plant-based materials and preparations in the nutrition of aquatic animals. It examines medicinal and food plants, fruits, essential oils, fermentation residues, genetically modified plants, and aquatic plants, while exploring their effects on growth, immunity, stress resistance, and gut microbiota. The book also highlights artificial intelligence, epigenetics, hologenomics, and functional feed ingredients as approaches for improving future aquaculture nutrition research.

Key Features

• Covers plant-based aquatic animal nutrition
• Explores medicinal plants and preparations
• Discusses food plants and fruits
• Examines essential oils and fermentation residues
• Covers genetically modified plants
• Explores effects on growth and immunity
• Addresses stress resistance and animal health
• Highlights the role of gut microbiota
• Discusses prebiotics and probiotics
• Introduces artificial intelligence for feed research
• Examines graded dosing and physiological mechanisms
• Covers epigenetic approaches
• Introduces the hologenomics concept
• Discusses macroalgae, filamentous algae, and macrophytes
• Considers lessons from natural aquatic herbivores