AQ3002 - Aquaculture: Feeds and Nutrition

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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This subject discusses nutritional principles as they relate to aquatic organisms and the types of feeds used in aquaculture. Topics include major nutrients (structure, function and availability), nutritional requirements of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, physical and nutritional characteristics of live feeds, culture of live feeds, manufacture of various artificial diets, characteristics of artificial diets, feeding strategies used in aquaculture.

Learning Outcomes

• an understanding of current problems and future research directions for aquaculture feeds development;
• an understanding of the principles of nutrition and the nutritional requirements of cultured aquatic organisms;
• an understanding of the production methods used for live and artificial feeds in aquaculture;
• detailed knowledge of the physical and nutritional characteristics of the various live and artificial feeds in aquaculture.

Prerequisites:	Six biology subjects including AQ2001
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	AQ5002

Availabilities
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Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coord/Lect:	zlpcs.
Contact hours:	24 hours 24 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).

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