Aquafeed formulation

'Aquafeed Formulation' provides summaries with examples and formulation techniques specifically to meet the needs of anyone in the aquaculture industry. As feed is the largest single cost item in aquaculture production, and formulating aquaculture feed requires many combinations of several ingredients and nutrient requirements, this book takes a clear, concise approach, providing essential information on formulation and covering relevant available software, feed nutrients, and additives such as enzymes and phytase and conjugated fatty acids, as well as best industry practices to improve aquafeed production.

Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier.

Front Cover; Aquafeed Formulation; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I.1 Introduction; I.2 Feed ingredients; I.3 Nutritional requirements; I.4 Feed ingredient testing; I.5 Feed additives; I.6 Feed formulation; I.7 Feed production and quality; I.8 Best practices in formulation; References; 1 Overview of the aquaculture feed industry; 1. Aquafeed in Asia; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A shift in equilibrium; 1.3 Lower demand with EMS; 1.4 Horizontal expansion and integration; 1.5 Extruded and functional feeds; 1.6 Rising production costs.

1.7 Feed production and trends1.8 New capacity and new entrants; 1.9 Shrimp feed types; 1.10 Feed prices; 1.11 Country developments; 1.11.1 China; 1.11.2 Thailand; 1.11.3 Vietnam; 1.11.4 Indonesia; 1.11.5 India; 1.11.6 Bangladesh; 1.11.7 Malaysia; 2. Aquafeed in the Americas; 2.1 Development of aquafeed production in the Americas; 2.2 Country development; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Feed formulation software; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General overview of the formulation process in the feed industry; 2.3 LP-based feed formulation; 2.4 Essential components of LP-based feed formulation software.

2.5 Software optio…