fish pathogen Articles
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Enhanced resistance to BCWD in Troutlodge strains
Joint research of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Troutlodge has shown that Genomic Selection can double the prediction accuracy for Bacterial Cold Water Disease (BCWD). Application of Genomic Selection for BCWD resistance to three generations of Troutlodge broodstock resulted in a challenge survival increasing from 33.5% in 2015 to 78.3% in 2019. This is a staggering ...
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Common Fish Diseases and Caused Reasons
There are literally hundreds of afflictions that can effect the health of farm fish. The most common maladies seen in home aquaculture production are usually either bacterial, parasitic, or viral diseases in origin. Fungal infections are also sometimes seen, and occasionally physical ailments. Common Fish Diseases & Symptoms in Freshwater Cultured Fish 1. Bacterial Disease Bacterial ...
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Biofloc Technology For Fish Farming
Biofloc fish farming, is a biofloc technology for fish farming. Fish feed extruder is the indispensable equipment to make fish feed pellets, Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery is a professional fish feed machine manufacturer. What Is Biofloc Technology Biofloc is a system for removing waste from water. It has previously been used to treat water coming into farms. This is done to ensure that no diseases ...
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The Importance of Water Quality in Fish Farming
Due to the increasing global demand for fish as a source of food, around half of the world’s fish supply is now farmed artificially rather than caught through capture fisheries in natural environments. Aquaculture has been the fastest growing sector of the global food industry since the 1970s, and has predominately taken place in the Asia-Pacific region. Water quality management in ...
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Transgenic fish are ready for us. Are we ready for them?
After decades of regulatory and legal challenges, AquaBounty aims to bring genetically engineered salmon to U.S. and Canadian markets next year. On a hill above the cold waters around Prince Edward Island, technicians painstakingly create fertilized Atlantic salmon eggs that include growth-enhancing DNA from two other fish species. The eggs will be shipped to ponds in the high rainforest of ...
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