Vaccination of tilapia against Streptococcus agalactiae
Advances in fish health management: Vaccination of tilapia against Streptococcus agalactiae
Published:October 9, 2009
Summary
World tilapia production has risen from 830,000 tonnes in 1990 to 1.6 million tonnes in 1999 and again to 2.5 million tonnes in 2005 (Josupeit, 2007). China is the world's largest producer of the tilapia, producing over one million tonnes in 2005, followed by Egypt (300,000 tonnes), Indonesia, Philippines (200,000 tonnes each) and Thailand (100,000 tonnes). By 2010, world tilapia production is ex...