Aquaculture Technical Articles
Article published the July 26, 2021:
IntroductionSilver has long been known to exhibit a strong toxic activity towards a wide range of microorganisms, for this reason silver based compounds have been extensively used in many bactericidal applicati...
Article published the July 7, 2021:
IntroductionThe fish nutrition has advanced with the expansion of aquaculture in order to achieve better performance rates. Thus, diets should provide all the nutrients and energy as a way to optimize the fish ...
Article published the June 30, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONAlgae are simple photosynthetic eukaryotes which owing to their colonization of the oceans are responsible for up to 50% of the planet’s atmospheric carbon fixation (1), secondary and primary ...
Article published the June 2, 2021:
1. INTRODUCTIONHistidine (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 recogn...
Article published the May 4, 2021:
I. INTRODUCTIONNile 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 third...
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 issues an...
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 co...
Article published the April 7, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONSeaweeds 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 edible...
Article published the March 10, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONThe 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 characte...
Article published the March 1, 2021:
IntroductionHematological 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 subj...