Carp

AUSTRALIA - Scientists in Australia hope to use the herpes virus to try and wipe out invasive carp that are devastating Murray Darling waterways from Queensland to South Australia.

US - Researchers at the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey have found that overall, concentrations of arsenic, selenium, and mercury in bighead and silver carp from the lower…

NETHERLANDS - Koi Sleepy Disease (KSD) was detected for the first time in the Netherlands, during the Autumn of 2013, in diseased koi from a large pond in the centre of the country.

BRAZIL - The IV Brazilian Congress of Aquaculture Native Species begins on in Bethlehem is the first time that the state capital hosts the event, sponsored this edition by Embrapa Amaznia Oriental in…

US - A project to map the microbes present in the digestive systems of fish species holds promise for monitoring the presence of Asian carp in Chicago area waterways and ultimately preventing their sp…

During Aquaculture Europe 2013, Kamaran S. Mama and Shamall M. A. Abdullah, University Salahaddin, Iraq, presented their study on the ciliated protozoans that infected common carp from Ainkawa fish ha…

Speaking at the 150th Annual AVMA Convention in Chicago, US, Nicholas Saint-Erne, DVM PetSmart, Phoenix, Arizona, gave an insight into ornamental koi carp.

Cutaneous ulcers in koi are one of the most common complaints for which the fish practitioner is called upon, writes Julius M. Tepper, DVMLong Island Fish Hospital, Manorville, New York, while speakin…

CANADA - A tiny number of Asian carp could establish a population of the invasive fish in the Great Lakes, according to new research from the University of Waterloo.

Cryopreservation is a process to maintain genetic material (such as spermatozoa) in subzero freezing. Abinawanto Zuraidah and Retno Lestari, University of Indonesia, disscussed the effect of skimmed m…

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 …

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 …

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 a…

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…

CHINA - The average wholesale prices of eight kinds of aquatic products were up by 0.5 per cent compared to the previous week.

US - Asian carp are knocking on the door of the Great Lakes, but managers now can better pinpoint strategies to control their rapidly increasing population, according to a new model for tracking carp …

INDIA - A caged aquaculture demonstration project in inland water - a first in the state of Kerala in the Pookode Lake in Wayanad district - has proven to be a great success.

US - Hundreds of scientists, environmentalists, economists and government representatives from around the world will gather at Purdue University to review the most current research on the Great Lakes …

US and CANADA - Researchers have found that Asian carp DNA is not widely spread in the Great Lakes. The most likely source of Asian carp DNA is thought to be from live fish.

US - Those concerned about the spread of Asian carp in Midwest rivers had some comfort in the expectation that varieties of these invasive fish could only invade a restricted range of river conditions…