Feed Additives and Functional Ingredients for Aquaculture Health and Performance
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2026 | Viewed by 8
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Interests: marine biotechnology; dietary supplements; shrimp nutrition; shrimp physiology; antioxidants; chemoprotectans; nanotechnology
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Interests: aquaculture; marine biotechnology; dietary supplements; fish nutrition; fish biology; shrimp nutrition; body composition; marine aquaculture; aquaculture fisheries; aquatic science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture is rapidly expanding worldwide, driving the growing demand for innovative feed solutions that enhance growth performance, health, immunity, and stress resilience in aquatic species. As the industry evolves, feed additives and functional ingredients have become essential tools for promoting efficiency, sustainability, and environmental responsibility in modern aquaculture.
For this Special Issue, ‘Feed Additives and Functional Ingredients for Aquaculture Health and Performance’, we invite researchers and practitioners to share their latest findings and insights on feed additives and functional ingredients in aquaculture. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications that will advance this dynamic field.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: the development, evaluation, and application of innovative feed additives; the nutritional, physiological, microbiological, and molecular mechanisms of functional ingredients; biotechnological approaches, omics technologies, and circular economy strategies in feed innovation; and the roles of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, phytogenics, enzymes, antioxidants, bioactive peptides, and microbial ingredients.
We particularly encourage submissions that provide novel perspectives or practical applications that contribute to more sustainable and resilient aquaculture systems, including studies on the modulatory effects of bioactive compounds in the energetic status of aquatic organisms. Other approaches, including hormetic responses induced by feed additives, are also welcome.
Dr. José María Monserrat
Dr. Marcelo Borges Tesser
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- feed additives
- functional ingredients
- probiotics and prebiotics
- bioactive peptides
- aquatic health and immunity
- sustainable aquaculture
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