Water characteristics for the rearing. Molluscs culture: outline of anatomy and physiology. Rearing techniques of mussels and clams. Fish rearing: taxonomy, description, environmental rearing requirements, life cycle and grow-out, feeding requirements, cycle of rearing, pathologies in the most important species reared in Italy.
Textbooks:
J.S. Lucas, P. C. Southgate (Eds.) (2003) - Aquaculture: farming aquatic animals and plants. Fishing News Books
R. Billard (2005) - Introduction à l’aquaculture. Editions TEC et DOC
J.E. Halver & R.W. Hardy (Eds.) (2002) - Fish nutrition. Academic Press, Elsevier Science
Kestin & Warriss (Eds.) (2000) - Farmed Fish. Quality Blackwell Publishing.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
Theoretical and practical knowledge about the performance of fish and shellfish reared.
Competence acquired (at the end of the course):
Acquisitions of biological and technical knowledge, fundamental to manage the rearing of the species of shellfish and fish most important for the Italian aquaculture.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Professionalism in the management of the farming of the considered species to enhance their infra vitam performance.
Hours for Lectures: 40
Hours for Laboratory-field/practice: 4
Hours for Seminars: 4
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Exam modality: oral
Course program
Water characteristics for the cultured species. Aquaculture rearing systems. Bivalve culture: anatomy & physiology; taxonomy; geographic diffusion and rearing techniques for the species cultured in Italy (mussels, clams); perspectives for rearing of novel species of molluscs (bivalves, cephalopods, gastropods). Fish culture: life cycle and grow out, nutritional requirements for a variety of aquatic species; production of live feeds for fish; taxonomy, morphology, environmental and nutritional requirements, production systems and most important pathologies of some aquacultured freshwater (rainbow trout) and saltwater (sea bream, sea bass) species. Perspectives for rearing of novel species, interesting the aquaculture in Italy.