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The Role of Dietary Fibre in Fish Nutrition

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Recent Advances in Aquaculture

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Nutritional researchers have successfully identified many nutrients essential to the growth and health of animals and man. However, as each essential dietary component was identified and added to a purified diet, the crude fibre or indigestible organic fraction of the diets became reduced. This is particularly the case for man as a consequence of modern milling methods that remove fibre from natural feed ingredients together with the increasing consumption of refined foods rich in sugar and fat.

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Davies, S.J. (1985). The Role of Dietary Fibre in Fish Nutrition. In: Muir, J.F., Roberts, R.J. (eds) Recent Advances in Aquaculture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8736-7_6

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