FISH 622 FISH NUTRITION AND ENERGETICS

The course is aimed at introducing students to fish nutrition, feeding and energy requirements. The course will further explore the nutritional quality and energy value of fish feed, classification of food, nutritional deficiencies and their management. Feeding, metabolism and growth; anatomy of digestive system, feeding adaptations, basic principles of bioenergetics; Energy budget equation (energy of food materials, utilization and loss of energy, estimation of food consumption); Ingestion levels, assimilation, respiration and construction of energy budgets for different developmental stages.