THE FARM CEO (Issue 32): General Considerations for Feeding and Diet Formulation – Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals, A New Guide to Fish Farming in Kenya, Aquaculture Record Keeping, Pond Construction Costing | NAFIS, Tropical Catfish Diseases and Treatments: Bacterial, Viral and Fungal

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In this second issue for this year (2016), I feature on this first page, excerpts from a book review published by the National Academy of Sciences of a book titled “Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals”. It’s a worthwhile read.

PREVIEW

1 General Considerations for Feeding and Diet Formulation

A laboratory animal’s nutritional status influences its ability to reach its genetic potential for growth, reproduction, and longevity and to respond to pathogens and other environmental stresses.

A nutritionally balanced diet is important both for the welfare of laboratory animals and to ensure that experimental results are not biased by unintended nutritional factors.

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Here are the headlines, reviews – and links – for this week’s featured news items:

[BOOK Excerpts] General Considerations for Feeding and Diet Formulation – Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals: Fourth Revised Edition, 1995 P.1

[PDF] A New Guide to Fish Farming in Kenya P.2

[PDF] Aquaculture Record Keeping P.2

[URL] Pond Construction Costing | NAFIS P.3

[URL] Tropical Catfish Diseases and Treatments: Bacterial, Viral and Fungal P.3