Aquafeeds
Chitin digestibility and intestinal enzyme activity in Nile tilapia and rainbow trout
Study results corroborate that chitin could act as a nutrient source as well as an antinutrient in both Nile tilapia and rainbow trout.
Health & Welfare
Dietary passionfruit peel powder boosts Nile tilapia immunity
Dietary supplementation with passionfruit peel powder stimulates the immune, antioxidant systems of Nile tilapia cultured in biofloc systems.
Aquafeeds
How does nanoselenium supplementation impact Nile tilapia?
Nanoselenium supplementation increased its bioavailability and improved overall growth as well as the omega-3 fatty acid content of tilapia.
Health & Welfare
How light intensity levels can impact stress effects in Nile tilapia aquaculture
Exposure to varying light-intensity levels changes the water quality, bacteria count, survival rate and disease resistance in Nile tilapia culture.
Aquafeeds
Effect of microalgae Scenedesmus on Pacific white shrimp and Nile tilapia in a biofloc environment
Addition of the microalgae Scenedesmus to tilapia feeds and rearing water improve fish growth and yields without affecting sludge production.
Aquafeeds
How dietary supplementation with fumaric acid affects Nile tilapia juveniles
Adding fumaric acid effectively promotes growth, improves intestinal morphometry and decreases pathogenic gut bacteria of Nile tilapia juveniles.
Health & Welfare
Vacunación del tilapia del Nilo contra el Virus del Lago de Tilapia (TiLV)
Reproductores inmunizados de tilapia del Nilo pueden montar una respuesta de anticuerpos protectores al Virus del Lago de Tilapia y transferir anticuerpos a la progenie.
Health & Welfare
Vaccinating Nile tilapia against Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV)
Immunized Nile tilapia broodstock can mount a protective antibody response to Tilapia Lake Virus and transfer antibodies to progeny.
Aquafeeds
Balancing protein and energy in Nile tilapia feeds
An analysis of the effects of protein and energy intake shows no physiological basis for an optimal P:E ratio for tilapia.
Health & Welfare
How feed and water additives are used on Egypt’s Nile tilapia farms
Trends in the use of additives in small-scale fish farming in Egypt show the need to establish costs and benefits and promote their appropriate use.
Health & Welfare
Assessing the bacterium Enterococcus faecium as a probiotic for Nile tilapia
E. faecium is a potential probiotic for Nile tilapia, showing improved growth rates, reduced mortality in a challenge with S. agalactiae.
Health & Welfare
Genomic prediction for feed efficiency traits in Nile tilapia
Genomic prediction markedly outperformed pedigree-based prediction, highlighting the potential to improve feed efficiency traits in Nile tilapia.
Responsibility
Emergy synthesis assessment of tilapia farming in biofloc systems
Analysis of a tilapia fingerlings biofloc farm showed it had emergy indicator values characteristic of potentially sustainable production.
Health & Welfare
Heritable variation in swimming performance in Nile tilapia
Evaluation of swimming in Nile tilapia shows critical swimming speed is heritable and can predict fish growth performance.
Aquafeeds
Effect of feeding during off-flavor depuration on geosmin excretion by Nile tilapia
Evaluating off-flavor depuration time in Nile tilapia shows it is strongly reduced when farmers adopt a practice of feeding the fish.
Aquafeeds
Effect of exogenous enzymes in plant-based diets on growth of Nile tilapia fingerlings
Exogenous enzymes phytase and a xylanase-β-glucanase mixture can, individually or combined, improve growth performance of juvenile Nile tilapia.