Fish are the most diversified group of vertebrates and, although progress has been made in
the past years, only relatively few fish species have been examined to date, with regards to …

Food uptake follows rules defined by feeding behaviour that determines the kind and
quantity of food ingested by fish larvae as well as how live prey and food particles are …

Mammalian studies have shaped our understanding of the endocrine control of appetite and
body weight in vertebrates and provided the basic vertebrate model that involves central …

Fish body growth is a trait of major importance for individual survival and reproduction. It has
implications in population, ecology, and evolution. Somatic growth is controlled by the …

Feed is one of the most important external signals in fish that stimulates its feeding behavior
and growth. The intake of feed is the main factor determining efficiency and cost, maximizing …

The brain, particularly the hypothalamus, integrates input from factors that stimulate
(orexigenic) and inhibit (anorexigenic) food intake. In fish, the identification of appetite …

Improving feed efficiency (FE) is key to reducing production costs in aquaculture and to
achieving sustainability for the aquaculture industry. Feed costs account for 30–70% of total …

To assess the role of leptin on food intake regulation in goldfish, we examined the effects of
central (intracerebroventricular, ICV) and peripheral (intraperitoneal, IP) injections of …

Compensatory growth (CG) is a period of accelerated growth that occurs following the
alleviation of growth-stunting conditions during which an organism can make up for lost …

Although environmental, social and physical stressors have been shown to inhibit food
intake and feeding behavior in fish, little is known about the mechanisms that mediate the …