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Advances in Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Aquaculture

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2025 | Viewed by 2547

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Cecilia de Souza Valente

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School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Galway, Room 209, Arts Science Building, Galway City H91 TK33, Ireland
Interests: aquaculture nutrition and immunology; nutrigenomics and gut health disease resistance
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Prof. Dr. Eduardo Luis Ballester

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Aquaculture and Sustainable Development Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Paraná, Palotina 85950-000, PR, Brazil
Interests: shrimp farming; aquaculture management; aquaculture nutrition
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Animal nutrition is among the paramount factors for excellent animal performance, health, and welfare. Considerable progress has been achieved in the nutrition of aquatic animals; different commercial aquafeeds and nutritional tables are functional and optimized. Let us advance in improving the knowledge acquired and enriching it with effective nutritional strategies that contemplate animal health, farm, and the environment. 

With an interdisciplinary perspective, the present Special Issue is dedicated to presenting and discussing the state-of-the-art in aquatic animal nutrition, focused on farmed aquatic vertebrate and invertebrate species. This Special Issue welcomes most types of articles, including brief communications, original research, and reviews. All types of studies are appreciated, including laboratory-scale trials, field studies, and on-farm, commercial-sized trials. Studies on all related topics to aquatic animal nutrition are welcome, with a particular call to: 

  • Feeding behavior, feeding protocols, and precision farming;
  • Feeding management techniques, pellet quality, and ingredient evaluation;
  • Feed delivery methods and automated feeding systems;
  • Circular bioeconomy, including the use of by-products and food waste;
  • Biofloc and green water;
  • Nutrition and immune responses, including nutritional and non-nutritional immunostimulants;
  • Omics technologies, including nutrigenomics and nutriproteomics;
  • The microbiome and gut health;
  • Non-nutritive aquafeed additives.

Dr. Cecilia de Souza Valente
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Luis Ballester
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • animal nutritional research
  • aquatic animal health
  • aquafeed
  • functional feed
  • nutritional compounds
  • sustainable ingredients

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Dietary Ocimum gratissimum Essential Oil Improves the Antioxidant Status and Maintains the Performance of Macrobrachium rosenbergii Juveniles
by Eduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester, Wilson Gilberto da Silva Costa, Caio Henrique do Nascimento Ferreira, Milena Cia Retcheski, Luisa Helena Cazarolli, Gabriel Henrique Schwengber, Marlise Teresinha Mauerwerk, Carlos Garrido Pinheiro, Berta Maria Heinzmann, Bernardo Baldisserotto and Cecília de Souza Valente
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(5), 2745; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052745 - 4 Mar 2025
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This study analyzed the performance, antioxidant status, hepatopancreatic lipoperoxidation, and proximate composition of Macrobrachium rosenbergii juveniles fed diets supplemented with clove basil (Ocimum gratissimum) essential oil (EO-OG). A total of 360 M. rosenbergii (initial weight 0.028 g ± 0.004) were randomly [...] Read more.
This study analyzed the performance, antioxidant status, hepatopancreatic lipoperoxidation, and proximate composition of Macrobrachium rosenbergii juveniles fed diets supplemented with clove basil (Ocimum gratissimum) essential oil (EO-OG). A total of 360 M. rosenbergii (initial weight 0.028 g ± 0.004) were randomly divided into four experimental groups with six replications each (n = 6). The prawns were fed diets with different EO-OG inclusion levels: 0.0, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 g kg−1 EO-OG. After a 42-day feeding trial, dietary EO-OG showed no significant effect on prawn performance or carcass proximate composition, except on final antenna length. Prawns fed 3.0 g kg−1 EO-OG displayed a 1.2- to 1.3-fold longer final antenna length than prawns from all other experimental groups. Likewise, prawns fed 3.0 g kg−1 EO-OG presented a 2.6- to 3.2-fold higher catalase activity than prawns from all other experimental groups. Prawns fed EO-OG, regardless of the inclusion level, showed a 1.6- to 1.7-fold decreased hepatopancreatic lipoperoxidation compared to the control group. Therefore, EO-OG has been demonstrated to be a potential management tool as a non-nutritional dietary immunostimulant and animal welfare promoter for freshwater prawn farming, without affecting animal performance. This study recommends the dietary inclusion level of 3.0 g kg−1 EO-OG for M. rosenbergii juveniles. Full article
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Effect of Different Stocking Densities on Growth, Survival and Blood Parameters of Pacific Fat Sleeper Dormitator latifrons in a Small-Scale Aquaponic System
by Manuel A. Vargas-Ceballos, Luis E. Ruiz-González, Dulce M. Flores-Rodríguez, Daniel Badillo-Zapata, Juan Diego Galavíz-Parada and Fernando Vega-Villasante
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(24), 11476; https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411476 - 10 Dec 2024
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Aquaponics is the integration between aquaculture and hydroponics, where bacteria mediate the interaction between fish and plants, facilitating a mutually beneficial system. Although there have been numerous studies on aquaponics, there have been few studies focused on optimizing management parameters in small-scale systems [...] Read more.
Aquaponics is the integration between aquaculture and hydroponics, where bacteria mediate the interaction between fish and plants, facilitating a mutually beneficial system. Although there have been numerous studies on aquaponics, there have been few studies focused on optimizing management parameters in small-scale systems for family farming. A key aspect is to find the appropriate culture density to maximize the production of both fish and plants. In aquaculture, introduced species have predominated due to their ease of management, great adaptability, and high growth rates; however, it is important to consider alternatives such as Dormitator latifrons. To determine the effect of density on the yield of D. latifrons and chard Beta vulgaris in an aquaponic culture, three culture densities of 10, 30, and 50 fish m−3 were evaluated in triplicate with a fixed plant density of 20 plants m−2. Nine experimental units (EU) were implemented consisting of 300 L Rotoplas® troughs, a settler (80 L), a biofilter (80 L), and a submersible water pump connected to a nutrient film technique (NFT) system that represented the hydroponic component. The results obtained suggest that an intermediate stocking density (30 fish m−3) could provide a favorable balance between fish and plant performance and fish health. These findings contribute to the knowledge on the culture of this species in aquaponics. Full article
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