Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture
" This book has been written as a guide to the management and use of formulated feeds in intensive fish and shrimp culture. While its focus is on the use of commercially pro­ duced feeds in intensive production systems, it is anticipated that many of the practical issues covered will be of equal interest to those fish farmers who make their own feeds and to those who use formulated feeds in less intensive systems. Feeds and feeding are the major variable operating costs in intensive aquaculture and the book is primarily in­ tended to aid decision making by fish farm managers in areas of feeding policy. The dramatic increases in aquaculture production seen over the past 15 years have been made possible, in large part, by gains in our understanding of the food and feed­ ing requirements of key fish and shrimp species. A global aquaculture feeds industry has developed and a wide range of specialist feeds is now sold. The new options in feeds and feeding systems, which are becoming available, necessitate continual review by farmers of their feeding policies, where choices must be made as to appropriate feed types and feeding methods. While growth rates and feed conversion values are the prime factors of interest to farmers, other important issues, such as product quality and environmental impacts of farm effiuents, are also directly related to feed management practices.
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Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture
" This book has been written as a guide to the management and use of formulated feeds in intensive fish and shrimp culture. While its focus is on the use of commercially pro­ duced feeds in intensive production systems, it is anticipated that many of the practical issues covered will be of equal interest to those fish farmers who make their own feeds and to those who use formulated feeds in less intensive systems. Feeds and feeding are the major variable operating costs in intensive aquaculture and the book is primarily in­ tended to aid decision making by fish farm managers in areas of feeding policy. The dramatic increases in aquaculture production seen over the past 15 years have been made possible, in large part, by gains in our understanding of the food and feed­ ing requirements of key fish and shrimp species. A global aquaculture feeds industry has developed and a wide range of specialist feeds is now sold. The new options in feeds and feeding systems, which are becoming available, necessitate continual review by farmers of their feeding policies, where choices must be made as to appropriate feed types and feeding methods. While growth rates and feed conversion values are the prime factors of interest to farmers, other important issues, such as product quality and environmental impacts of farm effiuents, are also directly related to feed management practices.
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Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture

Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture

by Stephen Goddard
Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture

Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture

by Stephen Goddard

Hardcover(1996)

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" This book has been written as a guide to the management and use of formulated feeds in intensive fish and shrimp culture. While its focus is on the use of commercially pro­ duced feeds in intensive production systems, it is anticipated that many of the practical issues covered will be of equal interest to those fish farmers who make their own feeds and to those who use formulated feeds in less intensive systems. Feeds and feeding are the major variable operating costs in intensive aquaculture and the book is primarily in­ tended to aid decision making by fish farm managers in areas of feeding policy. The dramatic increases in aquaculture production seen over the past 15 years have been made possible, in large part, by gains in our understanding of the food and feed­ ing requirements of key fish and shrimp species. A global aquaculture feeds industry has developed and a wide range of specialist feeds is now sold. The new options in feeds and feeding systems, which are becoming available, necessitate continual review by farmers of their feeding policies, where choices must be made as to appropriate feed types and feeding methods. While growth rates and feed conversion values are the prime factors of interest to farmers, other important issues, such as product quality and environmental impacts of farm effiuents, are also directly related to feed management practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780412070815
Publisher: Springer US
Publication date: 12/31/1995
Edition description: 1996
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.02(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

1 Feed in Intensive Aquaculture.- Intensification.- Production Systems.- Intensification in Shrimp Aquaculture.- Feed Development.- Feed Ingredients.- Aquaculture Feeds and the Environment.- Industry Growth.- References.- 2 Feeding and Diet.- Diversity.- Feeding Behavior.- Digestion.- References.- 3 Dietary Requirements.- Nutrients.- Protein.- Lipids.- Carbohydrates.- Vitamins.- Minerals.- Energy.- References.- 4 Feeding, Temperature, and Water Quality.- Temperature.- Oxygen.- Oxygen Requirements.- Feeding and Metabolic Rate.- Oxygen Depletion.- Water Exchange and Aeration.- Fish Farm Wastes.- Control of Wastes.- References.- 5 Feed Types and Uses.- Wet Feeds.- Wet and Moist Formulated Feeds.- Dry Feeds.- Commercial Feed Types.- References.- 6 Feed Handling and Storage.- Wet Feeds.- Moist Feeds.- Dry Feeds.- Maintenance of Feedsks.- Loss of Vitamins.- Adventitious Toxins.- Oil Rancidity.- References.- 7 Feeding Methods.- Feeding Methods.- Feeding Methods for Shrimp.- Feeding Methods and Growth Variation.- References.- 8 Feed Rations and Schedules.- Ration Size.- Rations and Growth.- Growth—Ration Curves.- Estimating Ration Size.- Food Particle Size.- Feeding Frequency.- Feeding Period.- Compensatory Feeding.- References.- 9 Performance Measures.- Sampling Methods.- Measurements.- Growth Patterns.- Growth Recording.- Growth Prediction.- Condition Factors.- Survival.- Food Conversion.- Assessing Quality.- Diets and Flesh Quality.- References.- 10 Cost Factors.- Selecting Feeds.- Cost-Effective Rations.- Food Wastage.- References.
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