Manipulation of the microbial gut content of farmed fishes and crustaceans can have a marked effect on their general health, growth, and quality. Expertly covering the science behind the use of prebiotics and probiotics this landmark book explains how the correct manipulation of the gut flora of farmed fishes and crustaceans can have a positive effect on their health, growth rates, feed utilization, and general wellbeing.

Aquaculture Nutrition: Gut Health, Probiotics and Prebiotics provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge of the gut microbiomes of fish and their importance with respect to host-fish health and performance, providing in-depth, cutting-edge fundamental and applied information.

Written by many of the world's leading authorities and edited by Dr Daniel Merrifield and Professor Einar Ringø, this important book discusses in detail the common mechanisms for modulating microbiomes, particularly at the gut level (e.g. probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics). The book is a key resource for an understanding of the historical development of these products, their known mechanisms of action and their degree of efficacy as presently demonstrated in the literature.

The fundamental material provided on the gut microbiota itself, and more broad aspects of microbe-live feed interactions, provide essential reading for researchers, academics and students in the areas of aquaculture nutrition, fish veterinary science, microbiology, aquaculture, fish biology and fisheries. Those involved in the development and formulation of aquaculture feeds and those with broader roles within the aquaculture industry will find a huge wealth of commercially-important information within the book's covers. All libraries in universities and research establishments where biological sciences, nutrition and aquaculture are studied and taught, should have copies of this excellent book on their shelves.

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Technologie et ingénierie

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Pêche et aquaculture

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Title Page
Copyright
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: The Gastrointestinal Tract of Fish
Chapter 2: Immune Defences of Teleost Fish
Chapter 3: Gastrointestinal Pathogenesis in Aquatic Animals
Chapter 4: The Gut Microbiota of Fish
Chapter 5: Methodological Approaches Used to Assess Fish Gastrointestinal Communities
Chapter 6: Indigenous Lactic Acid Bacteria in Fish and Crustaceans
Chapter 7: Probiotics and Prebiotics: Concepts, Definitions and History
Chapter 8: Probiotic Modulation of the Gut Microbiota of Fish
Chapter 9: Probiotic Applications in Cold Water Fish Species
Chapter 10: Probiotic Applications in Temperate and Warm Water Fish Species
Chapter 11: Probiotic Applications in Crustaceans
Chapter 12: Can Probiotics Affect Reproductive Processes of Aquatic Animals?
Chapter 13: Issues with Industrial Probiotic Scale-up
Chapter 14: Prebiotics in Finfish: An Update
Chapter 15: Prebiotic Applications in Shellfish
Chapter 16: Live Feeds: Microbial Assemblages, Probiotics and Prebiotics
Index
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