Journal article
The pathology of phosphorus deficiency in fish--a review
Journal of fish diseases, Vol.27(5), pp.255-265
05/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/104709
PMID: 15139904
Abstract
Phosphorus (P) is an essential component of fish diets. Its deficiency affects not only hard tissues, where it is responsible for rickets, leading to skeletal malformation, but also influences various aspects of intermediary metabolism, and thus growth and feed conversion. Therefore, optimizing the dietary inclusion level is critical at all times. As the aquaculture industry has expanded, so the effects of P in farm effluents, derived from metabolic and uneaten food sources, have also become recognized. Diets are increasingly formulated on a basis that will not only provide adequate P for fish needs, but also endeavour to ensure minimal acceptable P levels in effluents at the same time. Many variables influence P requirements and P availability in fish diets, so it is inadvisable to feed diets formulated to an assumed minimum dietary requirement level, irrespective of the advantages that such a formulation may provide to environmental impact.
Metrics
17 Record Views
Details
- Title
- The pathology of phosphorus deficiency in fish--a review
- Creators
- S H Sugiura - Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station, University of Idaho, Hagerman, ID 83332, USAR W HardyR J Roberts
- Publication Details
- Journal of fish diseases, Vol.27(5), pp.255-265
- Academic Unit
- UNKNOWN
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 99900547055601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article