Aquaculture Technical Articles
Article published the June 2, 2021:
1. INTRODUCTION
Histidine (Hist) is one of the 10 essential amino acids for fish, and its importance in nutrition expanding the role of this amino acid beyond its function in protein synthesis. It is well reco...
Article published the May 4, 2021:
I. INTRODUCTION
Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the most commonly cultured freshwater fish species in Nigeria. It is a prolific breeder, widely farmed across the nations of the earth and the thi...
Article published the April 27, 2021:
Disease management and prevention has become one of the top priorities for the aquaculture industry. This is due partly to economic losses, caused by disrupted production, and partly to sustainability issue...
Article published the April 27, 2021:
In a farming environment, the homeostasis of aquatic animals can be disrupted by several factors, such as water quality, stocking density, diet, sanitary status, pollution, and contaminants, etc. Sub-optimal ...
Article published the April 7, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
Seaweeds are the raw material for many industrial products like agar, alginates and carrageenan; also, they continue to be widely consumed as food and medicine in Asian countries.[1,2,3] Most edib...
Article published the March 10, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
The acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) has affected shrimp farming in several countries, like, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico and in Philipines.1-6 The unique symptoms and charac...
Article published the March 1, 2021:
Introduction
Hematological parameters of fish blood are useful tools that aid in the study immuno-potentiators. Such tests are general but not conclusive and must be correlated with biochemical tests of the su...
Article published the February 22, 2021:
Introduction
Penzlin (1977) cited that blood constituents of fish are variable than those of the terrestrial animals. Abdelhamid (1991) argumenta for the variation between fish and terrestrial animals ...
Article published the February 19, 2021:
1. Introduction
Mycotoxins are natural contaminants commonly found in plant-derived foodstuffs, mainly cereals and their by-products. Since these raw materials are added as ingredients in feed formulation for ...
Article published the February 9, 2021:
Introduction
In Egypt, shrimp culture has fluctuated progress. Although shrimp culture is profitable, but shrimp disease is still one of the major problems. Shrimp’s origin is from the eastern Paci...