Special Issue "New Species and New Feeds for Aquaculture"

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Benedetto Sicuro
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Guest Editor
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, 10095 Turin, Italy
Interests: environmental impact of aquaculture; fish nutrition; inland integrated aquaculture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The high number of farmed species is one of the most relevant aspects that distinguishes aquaculture from other sectors of animal production. Although the total number of aquaculture species is increasing annually with new species being farmed around the world, several of these species disappear in a medium–short period of time. The evolution of aquaculture diversity is influenced by technological innovation and progress. Is aquaculture diversity real, or is it an optimistic projection of researchers’ expectancies?

Not only are new species being constantly introduced in aquaculture for potential farming but also new feeds and ingredients for aquaculture species. But how many of these ingredients and potential feeds are really suitable for the aquafeed industry?

This Special Issue will provide a rational and pragmatical vision of these aspects, in their current situation, that are fundamental to the future of aquaculture.

Dr. Benedetto Sicuro
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • new species
  • aquaculture diversity
  • new feeds
  • modern feedstuffs
  • aquaculture nutrition
  • potential species
  • byproduct utilization
  • nutraceuticals

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Population Dynamics, Fecundity and Fatty Acid Composition of Oithona nana (Cyclopoida, Copepoda), Fed on Different Diets
Animals 2021, 11(5), 1188; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051188 - 21 Apr 2021
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The marine copepod species Oithona nana is considered as one of the most successfully mass cultured Cyclopoida species in marine hatcheries. This study investigated the effects of four feed diets (soybean, yeast, rice bran, and corn starch) on the population growth, growth rate, [...] Read more.
The marine copepod species Oithona nana is considered as one of the most successfully mass cultured Cyclopoida species in marine hatcheries. This study investigated the effects of four feed diets (soybean, yeast, rice bran, and corn starch) on the population growth, growth rate, population composition, fecundity, and fatty acid composition of native isolated Cyclopoida copepod species O. nana. The experiment was continued for 15 days and the copepods were fed on one of the four diets with a concentration of 1 g 10−6 individual day−1. The results revealed that corn starch was found to be the most supportive diet for population growth and population growth rate. For nutritional value, copepods fed on rice bran were detected to have the highest content of MUFA, PUFA, and the lowest SFA and SFA/UFA ratio; more importantly, the rice bran diet was the only treatment that showed C20:5ω3. Moreover, copepods fed on rice bran showed the highest significant female fecundity, copepodite, and nauplii percent. Finally, the protocols described in the current study concluded that the dry feeds, especially corn starch, are very useful and applicable in hatcheries for maximizing the fecundity and density of Cyclopoida copepod species, O. nana. Full article
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