Diseases found in tilapia culture in Latin America
A surge of new and familiar diseases in tilapia culture in Latin America is mainly related to the intensification of culture methods.
Several androgens have been used to direct the gonadal development of tilapia, with methyltestosterone the most commonly used.
A surge of new and familiar diseases in tilapia culture in Latin America is mainly related to the intensification of culture methods.
Tilapia were introduced to Central America during the 1950s by Taiwanese technicians working with the United Nations' FAO.
The GIFT program funded by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank collected and tested Nile tilapia from the best strains worldwide.
Although tilapia genetics lag behind crop and livestock breeding, the pace of development may narrow the gap appreciably in coming years.
Some shrimp hatchery operators use live hermit crabs to feed black tiger shrimp broodstock because of a high proportion of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
Use of this method to detect and quantify IHHNV in penaeid shrimp has already revealed new information regarding levels of infection.
Shrimp farmers must consider seedstock quality, husbandry procedures and healthy nutrition as the primary tools to control disease.
Using neon gobies in broodstock maturation tanks as a form of parasite control is an effective alternative to the use of chemical treatments.
Mass selection studies with a domesticated strain of Penaeus stylirostris to improve growth rate were carried out at IFREMER-Tahiti in French Polynesia.
Evidence that the use of probiotics is beneficial to survival of high-value tropical species of marine fish remains largely anecdotal.
Some ciliated protozoa (ciliates) may be a valuable complimentary source of nutrients for first feeding larval stages of farmed shrimp.
Ozone is a universal disinfectant that can oxidize many inorganic and organic impurities, and destroy bacteria, viruses and other pathogens.
Over the last 15 years, seaweed farming in Chile reached a volume of over 300,000 metric tons per year, half brown algae and half red algae.
Abandoned mine sites are a significantly underused aquaculture resource in rural West Virginia and the Appalachian region.
Successful mass culture of the marine rotifers Brachionus plicatilis and B. rotundiformis is one of the milestones of marine fish culture.