Disease

Modifying different plant species to create immune-boosting antigens through “molecular pharmacy” can help researchers develop new oral vaccines for aquaculture, according to a new publication.

Shrimp that have been bred for their resistance to disease and ability to thrive despite environmental challenges should be valued as highly – if not more highly – than those bred for their growth rates in many parts of …

A new report from Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that approximately 1,200 hectares of aquaculture area has been affected by diseases since the start of 2022, a 14 percent increase on the same period in 2021.

Shrimp farming veteran Victoria Alday Sanz, who is also editor of the newly-published second volume of The shrimp book, explains why her original deserved a follow-up.

Emerging research has shown that nutraceuticals in aquafeed can delay the onset and progress of clinical signs of amoebic gill disease (AGD) in farmed Atlantic salmon.

A team of researchers have found that vaccinating tilapia broodstock may confer partial protection from tilapia lake virus (TiLV) to their eggs and larvae.

Researchers from Chile’s INCAR have found that tiamulin can be used in lieu of florfenicol in the fight against tenacibaculosis.

NOAA’s Sea Grant will fund six new research initiatives on aquaculture, seafood diets, coastal ecosystems and emerging contaminants in New Hampshire.

WellFish Diagnostics, a spinout company from the University of West Scotland (UWS), is poised to transform aquaculture's diagnostic practices with a new £1.2 million investment from UWS, Kelvin Capital and Scottish Enter…

The EU-funded VIVALDI project has released its full technical manual on bivalve biosecurity and disease management, along with recommendations to prevent, mitigate and control diseases in shellfish.

Stirling’s Women in STEM fellowships are open to applicants from South Asia and will focus on aquaculture diseases, sustainable ways to intensify production, aquatic ecosystem health and environmental sustainability.

Researchers in China caution that some commercial probiotics for the aquaculture industry may be mislabelled, and also contain cytotoxins and antibiotic resistance genes that can be passed to other organisms.

Farmers in West Africa are increasingly looking to the use of plants and algae to help improve the health of their fish.

Despite being susceptible to multiple viral and bacterial diseases, less than 5 percent of farmed tilapia are vaccinated. How can stakeholders work together to improve the industry’s vaccine uptake?

Scientists with the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are closer than ever to finding answers and potential remedies to Aeromonas hydrophila, a fatal disease in farmed catfish.

Devices that produce nanobubbles are becoming increasingly popular in a range of aquaculture operations, with a growing number of studies supporting their value – both in improving production and in reducing the environm…

A new research collaboration seeking to give the northern Australia’s tiger prawn aquaculture industry a biosecurity boost has been launched at James Cook University.

A $149 million initiative to develop the aquaculture sector in the Mekong Delta has been launched by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development this week.

The Scottish salmon farming sector is due to face another round of criticism, with the launch of a new documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet, in September.

After graduating with a degree in natural resource management, Emmanuel Dery started the first fish farm in Ghana’s Northern and Upper Regions, with the support of the Canada International Development Agency (CIDA).