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Bioenergetics - Application in Aquaculture Nutrition

Published: May 6, 2013
Summary
Bioenergetics describe the flow of energy and nutrients within a biologicalsystem in our example a fish or shrimp. It describes the biological process of utilisation and transformation of absorbed nutrients for energy, for own body synthesis.The feed, that is consumed, is transformed in the body, complex chemical compounds are broken down into simpler ...
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Ingrid Lupatsch
Swansea University
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Ramon Kourie
3 de junio de 2013
The trust projected by Prof. Lupatsch is exactly what the aquaculture sector, acrosss all fed species/production systems, would need to be focusing on. Increments in raw material commodity prices particularly over the past 5 years calls for revsions to the way we calculate daily ration on fish farms. FCR's and wate output would need to be optimized for all species/systems and as such the good Prof. work is valuable in this context.
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Vedamurthy
3 de junio de 2013
How much in terms of protein, carbohydrates and fats are utilised in an optimal shrimp culture conditions?
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