Carbohydrates in fish nutrition: effects on growth, glucose metabolism and hepatic enzymes

By G. Hemre, T. Mommsen, Å. Krogdahl. 2002

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The utilisation of dietary carbohydrates and their effects on fish metabolism are reviewed. Details on how dietary carbohydrates affect growth, feed utilisation and deposition of nutrients are discussed. Variations in plasma glucose concentrations emphasizing results from glucose tolerance tests, and the impact of adaptation diets are interpreted in the context of secondary carbohydrate metabolism. Our focus then shifts to selected aspects of hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and dietary carbohydrates and their variable effects on glycogen and glucose turnover. We analyse the interaction of carbohydrates with other nutrients, especially protein and protein sparing, and de novo synthesis of lipids, and finish by discussing the correlation of dietary carbohydrates with fish health.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Immunology, Physiology

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Effect of dietary lipid levels on growth, feed utilization, body composition and serum metabolites of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) juveniles (2010, background): “Additionally, the balance between dietary lipid and protein affect diet efficiency though its influence on glucosemetabolism and consequent stimulation and secretion of a number of hormones such as insulin and glucagon (Hemre et al., 2002).”
Effects of dietary carbohydrate/lipid ratios on non-specific immune responses, oxidative status and liver histology of juvenile yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (2014, background): “However, excessive digestible carbohydrate in diets could produce negative effects on glycogen accumulation, morphology of the liver and liver function, which might suppress immune function and increase susceptibility to infectious diseases (Hemre et al., 2002).”
Effect of different thermal regimes on growth and physiological performance of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (2008, background): “As two rate-limiting enzymes in the glycolytic cycle, HK and PK play important roles in the utilization of carbohydrate (Walzem et al., 1991; Hemre et al., 2002).”
Effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on growth performance, feed utilization and body composition of juvenile hybrid grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus × E. lanceolatus (2015, background): “It has been shown that liver is the major site for fat deposition in fishes (Hemre et al., 2002; McClelland et al., 1995; Péres et al., 1999).”
Fantastically plastic: fish larvae equipped for a new world (2013, background): “The general mechanisms for the digestion of carbohydrates, absorption and metabolism of glucose in carnivorous fish are not different from those in herbivorous or omnivorous fish, but the enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism seem to be less expressed and roughly regulated in the carnivorous s”
Pea protein concentrate substituting fish meal or soybean meal in diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)—Effect on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass composition, gut health, and physical feed quality (2009, background): “Diets with a high content of digestible carbohydrates, on the other hand, have been found to increase liver glycogen in salmonids (Hemre et al., 2002; Krogdahl et al., 2005) thereby increasing liver index.”
Growth and morphological changes in the digestive tract of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) due to casein replacement with soybean proteins (2005, background): “The differences in utilization of high carbohydrate diets and protein sparing effect between the omnivorous and carnivorous fish species were reviewed recently by Hemre et al. (2002).”