Productivity

Cluster Membership as a Competitive Advantage in Aquacultural Development: Case Study of Tilapia Producers in Olancho, Honduras

Abstract: The performance of individual firms often is enhanced by membership in a group or cluster of other firms engaged in similar activities. This paper examines […]

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  • Author(s): Pablo R. Martinez; Joseph Molnar; Elizabeth Trejos; Daniel Meyer; Suyapa Triminio Meyer; William Tollner
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Apparent Digestibility Coefficients of Various Feed Ingredients for Grouper Epinephelus coioides

Abstract: Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of dry matter, crude protein, lipid, gross energy, amino acids, and fatty acids in white fish meal, brown fish meal, soybean […]

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  • Author(s): Heizhao Lin; Jiannan Huang; Yongjian Liu; Lixia Tian; Jiteng Wang; Wenhui Zheng; Peiji Chen
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Supplementation of Maca (Lepidium meyenii) Tuber Meal in Diets Improves Growth Rate and Survival of Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) Alevins and Juveniles

Abstract: Maca tuber meal is used in fish diet formulations in Andean trout culture and knowledge of its effects on fish growth is paramount to healthy […]

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  • Author(s): Kyeong-Jun Lee; Konrad Dabrowski; Jacques Rinchard; Carlos Gomez; Carlos Vilchez; Leszek Guz
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Quality of Liming Material Used in Aquaculture in Thailand

Abstract: Samples of 45 brands of liming materials were obtained Thailand and analyzed for chemical and physical properties. Eight of 10 products sold as ground calcium […]

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  • Author(s): Taworn Thunjai; Claude E Boyd; Mali Boonyaratpalin
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Pond culture of Arapaima gigas in the Peruvian Amazon

Abstract: Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossidae), also known as paiche (Peru) or piraruccu (Brazil and Colombia), is one of the major scaled fish in the Amazon region (Figure […]

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  • Author(s): Fernando Alcantara B.; Salvador Tello M.; Carlos Chavez V.; Luciano Rodriguez C.; Christopher C. Kohler; Susan T. Kohler; William Camargo N.
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Growth and Morphological Changes in the Digestive Tract of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) Due to Casein Replacement with Soybean Proteins

Abstract: The effect of diets in which 50% of casein-gelatin protein was replaced with extracted soybean meal (SBM) or soybean protein concentrate (SPC) on first-feeding rainbow […]

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  • Author(s): Teresa Ostaszewska; Marta Olejniczak; Mateusz Wieczorek; Konrad Dabrowski; Maria E. Palacios
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Water use in aquaculture

Abstract: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has provided an annual series of world aquaculture production statistics since 1950. The FAO is […]

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  • Author(s): Claude E. Boyd
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Growth and economic performance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fed on two formulated diets and two locally available feeds in fertilized ponds

Abstract: Lack of suitable diets for semi-intensive production of Oreochromis niloticus in Kenya has necessitated use of expensive diets designed for intensive production. To address this […]

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  • Author(s): David Litil; Leah Cherop; Jonathan Munguti; Lim Chhorn
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Comparative evaluation of nutritive value and economic performance of specially prepared diet for tilapia with rice bran and commercial pig finisher in Projects of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Fertilized Ponds.

Abstract: A study was conducted to compare nutritive value and economic performance of a high cost formulated pellets for tilapia (TP), rice bran (RB), and Pig […]

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  • Author(s): D.M. Liti; M. Muchiri; O.E. Mac'Were; K.L.Veverica
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Factor-I de crecimiento parecido a la clonacion ADNc de insulina, expresion de genes y uso potencial como un indicador de la tasa de crecimiento en tilapia del Nilo Oreochromis niloticus

Abstract: El FCII-I (Factor de Crecimiento por Izo Insulina- I) es un polipeptido mitogenico que es un importante regulador de crecimiento en peces. Se evaluo el […]

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  • Author(s): Emmanuel M. Vera Cruz; Christopher L. Brown; J. Adam Luckenbach; Matthew E. Picha; Russell J. Borski; Remedios Bolivar
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article