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Endocrine Biomarkers of Growth and Applications to Aquaculture: A Minireview of Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I, and IGF-Binding Proteins as Potential Growth Indicators in Fish

Abstract: Growth in fish and other vertebrates is under endocrine control, particularly through the growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis. For this reason, it has […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): Mathew E. Picha; Marc J. Turano; Brian R. Beckman; Russell J. Borski
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Strategies for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Pond Culture

Abstract: Different strategies for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) culture in ponds with a series of progressive inputs were compared. The sequential experimental stages to increase fish […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): Yang Yi; James Diana
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Effects of daphnia (Moina micrura) plus chlorella (Chlorella pyrenoidosa) or microparticle diets on growth and survival of larval loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

Abstract: Culture performance beyond metamorphosis of larval loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) was examined in a feeding experiment of the early development stage (20 days after hatch; DAH). […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): Youji Wang; Menghong Hu; Ling Cao; Yi Yang; Weimin Wang
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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VAF policy study: Philippines and Vietnam: Year 3 annual report

Summary: The first objectives of this study is to understand the policy environment of VAF system in the Philippines and Vietnam. In particular, it examines a […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): D. Catacutan
  • Type of Document: Project Document

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Interactions of chlorpyrifos and herbicides applied to peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Abstract: Experiments were conducted from 2004 through 2006 in North Carolina to determine peanut injury, pod scarring, pod yield, and percentages of extra large kernels (%ELK), […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): D.L. Jordan; R.L. Brandenburg; P.D. Johnson; B.M. Royals; B.I. Watson
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Participatory Rapid Assessment: Facilitating a Holistic Conceptual Framework

Abstract: Childhood malnutrition remains a significant public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, largely caused by sub-optimal feeding practices and poor diet quality. Deficiencies in micronutrients can […]

  • Date of Publication: January 2008
  • Author(s): Grace S. Marquis; Elizabeth Vogel; Esi Colecraft; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Enhancing Collaborations with Government Ministries: Lessons Learned from the ENAM Project in Ghana

Abstract: To ensure sustainability of the activities that enhance feeding of animal source foods (ASF) to preschool children, it is important that the processes and products […]

  • Date of Publication: January 2008
  • Author(s): Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Ben. K. Ahunu; Esi K. Colecraft; Anna Lartey; Grace S. Marquis
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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Guyana’s Peanut Promise

Video. In the late 1990s, Guyana’s Amerindians of the Rupununi experienced severe droughts, crop failure and hunger. There was little opportunity for them in the region, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): Liz Roden
  • Type of Document: Media

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Estimating the Potential Returns to Research and Development from Sorghum Value Added Products in El Salvador and Nicaragua

Abstract: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is a drought tolerant crop able to adapt to hot and dry weather. It has excellent chemical and physical properties, which […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): Jaeljattin R. Jaen Celada
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

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Economic profitability of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) production in Kenya

Abstract: Economic profitability of Nile tilapia production in Kenya was analyzed using a model that simulated individual fish growth and took fish population dynamics in the […]

  • Date of Publication: August 2007
  • Author(s): Aloyce R Kaliba; Charles C Ngugi; John Mackambo; Kwamena K Quagrainie
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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