A six-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary isoleucine level on growth, myofiber histology, and mRNA levels of genes related to amino acid, glucose and lipid metabolism in swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus). Six isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets (45% protein...

To investigate the metabolic response of mud crab Scylla paramamosain to dietary ratio of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), transcriptomic and lipidomic analyses were conducted on the hepatopancreas of crabs (initial weight 20.92 ± 0.56 g) fed for 8-week with diets having...

An 8-week feeding trial was conducted to determine the optimal dietary docosahexaenoic acid/eisosapentaenoic acid (DHA/EPA) ratio of mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) supplied with optimal n-3 LC-PUFA at two dietary lipid levels. Eight isonitrogenous diets were formulated to contain 7% and 12% crude...

The physiological metabolism of marine animals farmed in coastal areas is influenced greatly by extreme weather and frequent aqueous layer exchange, with short or long periods of heavy rain reducing seawater salinity. Black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) is a euryhaline fish, that are farmed...

This book provides a global perspective on the production, rationale and use of fish oils, vegetable oils and animal fats in relation to the aquaculture and aquafeed industries. A detailed discussion on alternative lipid sources is given, and groundbreaking research on the use of these lipid...

Vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGFB), unlike other members of the VEGF family such as VEGFA, shows only limited potential in angiogenesis in mammals, but is involved in lipid metabolism, especially in transporting dietary lipids present in circulation through the vascular endothelium to...

An 8-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate effects of dietary organic zinc (zinc amino acid chelate) on growth performance, mineral bioaccumulation in whole body, hepatopancreas and carapace, innate immune response and antioxidant capacity of juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus...

The present study aim to compare the growth and biosynthetic ability of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) of red tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus♀ × O. niloticus♂) at different salinities. An 8-week feeding trial was conducted on the juvenile red tilapia (initial weight about 10.5 g) ...

This study examined the effect of konjac glucomannan (KGM) supplementation in diets with different lipid levels on growth, antioxidant capacity, hepatic lipid metabolism and inflammatory response in juvenile pompano (Trachinotus ovatus). Triplicate groups of fish (12.07 ± 0.21 g) were fed eight...

All living organisms require copper for growth and development, but the gene expression profiles and molecular mechanisms underpinning dietary copper are poorly investigated. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the potential metabolic changes in response to dietary copper based on...