About this Research Topic
Aquaculture has become one of the main sources of human food, and the per capita food fish supply has reached 21 kilograms in 2019. With the expansion of the farming industry and the deterioration of the farming environment, outbreaks of various infectious diseases have become more and more serious, resulting in huge economic losses. In the past, antibiotics were commonly used to control diseases in aquaculture animals. However, the overuse of antibiotics caused various problems such as pathogen resistance, drug residues and environmental pollution. As a result, the development of functional ingredients added to feed to improve the health of aquaculture animals is necessary for the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry.
This Research Topic aims to develop various types of functional ingredients added to feed to promote growth and improve immunity in aquaculture animals. The beneficial effects of functional ingredients in feed on aquaculture animals can be demonstrated by traditional nutritional indicators such as specific growth rate, apparent digestibility, feed efficiency, histomorphology, protection rate against specific pathogens, non-specific immunity, and specific immunity. Additionally, using molecular biology, transcriptome, proteome, gut microbiome and other methods are also effective ways to reveal the underlying mechanisms of growth and immune improvement in aquaculture animals.
We welcome the submission of original articles on functional ingredients of feed with beneficial effects on aquaculture animals, topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Immunity regulation of functional ingredients in feed
• Functional ingredients improve the quality of aquatic animals, such as nutrient content, taste, etc.
• Aquaculture animals’ “Omics” altered by functional ingredients in feed
• Mechanism of functional ingredients in feed on aquaculture animals
This Research Topic aims to develop various types of functional ingredients added to feed to promote growth and improve immunity in aquaculture animals. The beneficial effects of functional ingredients in feed on aquaculture animals can be demonstrated by traditional nutritional indicators such as specific growth rate, apparent digestibility, feed efficiency, histomorphology, protection rate against specific pathogens, non-specific immunity, and specific immunity. Additionally, using molecular biology, transcriptome, proteome, gut microbiome and other methods are also effective ways to reveal the underlying mechanisms of growth and immune improvement in aquaculture animals.
We welcome the submission of original articles on functional ingredients of feed with beneficial effects on aquaculture animals, topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Immunity regulation of functional ingredients in feed
• Functional ingredients improve the quality of aquatic animals, such as nutrient content, taste, etc.
• Aquaculture animals’ “Omics” altered by functional ingredients in feed
• Mechanism of functional ingredients in feed on aquaculture animals
Keywords: functional ingredients, growth performance, immunity, histomorphology, physiology, molecular pathways, aquaculture
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