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Fish disease guide - Channel Catfish Virus Disease (CCVD)
Fish disease guide - Channel Catfish Virus Disease (CCVD)

CCVD is caused by a herpesvirus. It is known to affect Blue and Channel catfish. The disease mainly occurs in fish that are less than one year old

Fish disease guide - Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD)
Fish disease guide - Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD)

Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) is a chronic bacterial disease first reported in wild Atlantic salmon populations in the rivers Spey and Dee in Scotland in 1933

Transferring salmon sector know-how to the tropics
Transferring salmon sector know-how to the tropics

A new project is looking for partners to apply some of the salmon sector’s successful disease management methodologies to shrimp, tilapia and pangasius farms.

Fish disease guide - Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (Red Spot Disease)
Fish disease guide - Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (Red Spot Disease)

Red Spot Disease is a seasonal epizootic condition of great importance in wild and farmed freshwater and estuarine fish.

Fish disease guide - Spring Viraemia of Carp
Fish disease guide - Spring Viraemia of Carp

Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) is an infectious viral disease of carp (Cyprinus carpio) and other cyprinid fish species.

Stress linked to slow healing in salmon
Stress linked to slow healing in salmon

Stress slows wound healing in salmon, according to new research undertaken by Nofima scientist Lene Sveen at Nofima.

Functionality of yeast fractions in aqua feed: Lallemand exploring the use of functional
Functionality of yeast fractions in aqua feed: Lallemand exploring the use of…

Functionality of yeast fractions in aqua feed: Lallemand exploring the use of functional feeds in salmonids

A clean break for Chilean aquaculture
A clean break for Chilean aquaculture

Although lagging behind Norway, research into the use of Pacific cleaner fish species to combat lice issues is showing some promise.

Slim pickings for salmon sector
Slim pickings for salmon sector

The REC committee concluded that the social and economic benefits of the salmon industry were being offset by environmental and fish welfare issues

Immunostimulant additive may boost fish mass, disease survival
Immunostimulant additive may boost fish mass, disease survival

Feed additives with immunostimulant properties may provide a survival boost to farmed fish facing a disease challenge and improve biomass, say researchers.

Effects of combining two exogenous carbohydrases on growth of Nile tilapia
Effects of combining two exogenous carbohydrases on growth of Nile tilapia

Large amounts of energy-yielding nutrients in plant-based feed ingredients are located in the aleurone layer (which surrounds the endosperm tissue of grass seed

With animal welfare an emerging consumer concern, fish farmers take stock
With animal welfare an emerging consumer concern, fish farmers take stock

Humane treatment of farm animals has become a larger blip on consumers’ radars; the topic is also the subject of growing media and academic interest

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