Fish Nutrition and Toxicology Group
Department of Animal Science 

UC Davis - The University of California, Davis

Silas S.O. Hung.

 

Courses Taught

ANS 136. Techniques and Practices of Fish Culture (2) I
Lecture -1 hour; Laboratory- 3 hours. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 1A and Chemistry 8B or the equivalent. The course will include: Daily care and maintenance of fish in the personal aquarium, research, and commercial facilities. Biological and environmental factors important to sound fish management. Laboratories focus on fish culture and include growth trials.
ANS 137. Animal Biochemistry Laboratory (2) I
Lecture -1 hour; Laboratory- 3 hours. Prerequisite: Animal Biology 102 or Biological Science 102 or the equivalent. The course will include: Laboratory safety. Chemical and biochemical methods, and instruments commonly used in animal science. Wet chemical methods, UV/visible and atomic absorption spectrophotometry, thin -layer and gas-liquid chromatography, commercial chemical kits.
 
NUT 124. Nutrition and Feeding of Finfishes (3) I
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 103 and Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology 121. The course will include: Principles of nutrition to feeding of fishes under commercial situations; implication of fish nutrition to the environment and conservation of endangered species.