Health

This report is the first in a series of articles highlighting the research results coming out of the NEMO Project, or its more formal name, Training network on protective immune modulation in warm water fish by feeding glucans. The project was awarded by the E…

Tropical and ornamental fish, like terrestrial animals, are susceptible to a wide variety of infectious pathogens including viral, bacterial, parasitic and fungal agents, said Stephen Smith, Virginia Tech, speaking at the Annual AVMA Convention in Chicago, USA…

This study, by Ibrahim Diler et al, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey, is the first trial to evaluate algae meal, Ulva rigida, as an inexpensive and locally available feed ingredient in the diet of common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Koi herpesvirus (KHV) is a highly contagious virus that causes significant morbidity and mortality in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) varieties (Hedrick et al. 2000, Haenen et al. 2004). Common carp is raised as a foodfish in many countries and has also been sel…

Speaking at the Annual AVMA Convention in Chicago, USA, Jill Arnold, National Aquarium, Baltimore, provides an overview of clinical chemistry testing and a summary of the literature as a basis for future work to establish standard classification of fish leukoc…

Speaking at Aquaculture Europe 2013, in Trondheim, Norway, Lars Gansel, SINTEF, dicussed how biofouling affects aquaculture net cages. As part of the investigation, the effect of different types and amounts of fouling on nets was recorded, allowing a database …

There is a growing demand for organic seafood around the world. While some will question the economic feasibility of producing organically, organisations and farmers at Aqua Nor 2013, in Trondheim, Norway, discussed how organic aquaculture has grown and how it…

One of the most common problems of tropical and ornamental fishes are those caused by parasites. Fish parasites include protozoans, trematodes, cestodes, nematodes, acanthocephalans, crustaceans and arthropods, said Stephen A. Smith, Virginia Tech, speaking at…

In a 12-week indoor feeding trial by A. M. Abdelhamid, Al-Mansourah University and A. A. Soliman, Egypt National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, common carp fry were fed dietary graded levels (0, 1, and 2 per cent) of various medicinal plants to see w…