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Lecturer(s)
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Mráz Jan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Roy Koushik, MSc. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Main topics of lectures: 1) Natural food in ponds 1 2) Natural food in ponds 2 3) Supplementary feed 4) Influence of feeding on fish quality 5) Influence of feeds on eutrophication potential 6) Methods of digestibility determination 7) Modern feed additives 8) Diseases of fish from wrong nutrition 9) Tumor diseases of fish 10) Alternative sources of protein in fish nutrition 11) Feed composition analyses 12) Degradation of feed by oxidation 13) Microbial degradation of feed 14) Toxins and antinutrients in feed Exercise themes: 1) Formulation and production of compound feeds 2) Determination of digestibility and feed experiments 3) Feed quality analyses Study supporting materials at e-learning portal of USB (LMS Moodle): https://elearning.jcu.cz/course/view.php?id=2440
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection, Practical training
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 14 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 14 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide students with advanced theoretical and practical skills in fish nutrition. Students will gain theoretical and practical experience with analytical methods and solutions to practical problems associated with fish nutrition. They will get an overview of the main research topics related to nutrition and fish feeding. They will learn to plan and perform experiments used in fish nutrition research.
By completing the course the student will gain basic theoretical and practical knowledge of fish nutrition. During the course, they will get acquainted with analytical methods and solutions to practical problems associated with fish nutrition. They will gain an overview of the main research topics related to fish nutrition and feeding. They will learn to plan and carry out experiments used in fish nutrition research. After completing the course, students will be able to develop nutrition and feeding plans for fish, formulate new feed mixtures, design, perform and evaluate experiments with feeding.
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Prerequisites
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Basics of fish anatomy and physiology, biochemistry
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Development of laboratory protocols
Active participation during practices, protocols elaboration, study of literature.
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Recommended literature
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Guillaume J, Kaushik S, Bergot P, Métailler R. Nutrition and feeding of fish and crustaceans. 2001.
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Halver JE, Hardy RW. Fish nutrition, 3rd ed.. San Diego, 2002.
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