AQD Technical Publications and Reports on Aquaculture: Recent submissions
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Nutrition in tropical aquaculture: Essentials of fish nutrition, feeds, and feeding of tropical aquatic species
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This book is intended to teach undergraduate students the essentials of aquaculture nutrition, feed formulation, and feeding management. It serves as a reference book for researchers in aquaculture, aquaculturists, fish ... -
Economics of feeding
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This chapter aims to introduce concepts and methods in doing economic analysis applicable in aquaculture in general with emphasis in feed production and feeding in aquaculture farms. This chapter discusses the following ... -
Management of feeding aquaculture species
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This chapter teaches the reader to: differentiate the different feeding strategies in pond culture; learn feeding management methods such as stock sampling and record keeping, calculating daily feed ration, choosing ... -
Evaluation of feedstuffs and aquafeeds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This chapter discusses how to evaluate feedstuffs and feeds. The results of feed evaluation will be used to ensure the production of high quality feeds for fish, crustaceans, and shellfish. -
Processing of feedstuffs and aquafeeds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This chapter will help the reader understand and appreciate the basic principles of processing, preparation, storage, and quality control in the preparation of aquafeeds. The material in this section is presented in sequence ... -
Formulation of aquafeeds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)The development of a feed that is both effective and economical for an aquaculture species in all its life stages is a continuous effort. Aquafeed development started when natural food sources in culture systems became ... -
Feeding habits and digestive physiology of fishes
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This chapter provides basic information on the feeding habits and behavior, and physiology of fishes and crustaceans. The mechanisms that control the movement and digestion of food, methods of assessing digestibility of ... -
The essential nutrients: Minerals
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This section discusses the macro, micro, and trace minerals; their physiologic functions; and deficiency signs and symptoms. It also gives a summary of the mineral functions and mineral requirements of fishes and shrimp. -
The essential nutrients: Vitamins
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This section describes the various lipid-soluble and water-soluble vitamins, their differences, physiological functions, and the symptoms of vitamin deficiencies in fish. It also shows a summary of nutritional deficiency ... -
The essential nutrients: Energy
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)After studying this section, the reader should be able to differentiate the forms of energy and their measurement. Understand dietary energy metabolism, the energy balance equation and factors that influence dietary energy ... -
The essential nutrients: Carbohydrates
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This section discusses the difference among the various forms of carbohydrate and their significance in fish nutrition; distinguish between utilization of carbohydrates by warmwater and coldwater fishes and know how dietary ... -
The essential nutrients: Lipids and fatty acids
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)The objective of this section is to acquaint the reader about common fatty acids, their nomenclature and formulas, and differentiate between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids; to know how environmental factors (temperature, ... -
The essential nutrients: Proteins and amino acids
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)This section aims to teach the reader the ten essential amino acids required by fish and their chemical structures, distinguish between essential and non-essential amino acids; the fate of absorbed amino acids in fish; ... -
Health management in aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010-07)A textbook on diseases of cultured warmwater fish and shrimps in the Philippines. Eleven chapters cover essential information on the basic principles of disease causation, major diseases of cultured fish and crustaceans, ... -
Basic epidemiological concepts for surveillance in aquaculture
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Probiotics in aquaculture
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Immunity and biological methods of disease prevention and control
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)The chapter deals with the barriers that prevent microbial entry and the various internal defense mechanisms that are part of the host's arsenal in combating in combating invading microbes. It also discusses some of the ... -
Physical, environmental, and chemical methods of disease prevention and control
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)Disease prevention is a primary and cost-effective method in fish health management. It is more effective and economical than attempting to stop a disease that has already set in. Preventive measures have always big advantage ... -
Serological and DNA-based techniques in disease diagnosis
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)The improvement of existing serological techniques, development of monoclonal antibody technology and the development of new serological approaches are all working together to provide new tools for the detection of ... -
Histology as a tool in disease diagnosis
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)Histology is an important tool in fish disease diagnosis as it affords the comparison of normal structures or morphology of tissues against those from diseased fish. However, correct diagnosis and confirmation of changes ...
