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Besides species diversification, current priorities in aquiculture include the development of suitable inert diets to enable the artificial feeding of fish from the onset of exogenous feeding. Achieving this aim demands knowledge of the structural and functional characteristics of the digestive tract throughout ontogeny. This chapter provides a histological, histochemical and ultrastructural analysis of the digestive tract of Acipenser naccarii sturgeons during different ontogenic development stages (lecithotrophic, lecithoexotrophic and exotrophic periods). These data are essential to our understanding of the digestive capacity of this species during the first stages of life. The knowledge gained will be useful for the investigation and design of appropriate diets to optimize the farming of this species, an activity of major ecological and economic importance.
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Ostos-Garrido, M.V. et al. (2009). Histological, Histochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in the Digestive Tract of Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii During Early Ontogeny. In: Carmona, R., Domezain, A., García-Gallego, M., Hernando, J.A., Rodríguez, F., Ruiz-Rejón, M. (eds) Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8437-9_7
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