Health & Welfare
Assessing the bacterium Enterococcus faecium as a probiotic for Nile tilapia
E. faecium is a potential probiotic for Nile tilapia, showing improved growth rates, reduced mortality in a challenge with S. agalactiae.
Aquafeeds
Balancing protein and energy in Nile tilapia feeds
An analysis of the effects of protein and energy intake shows no physiological basis for an optimal P:E ratio for tilapia.
Health & Welfare
Genomic prediction for feed efficiency traits in Nile tilapia
Genomic prediction markedly outperformed pedigree-based prediction, highlighting the potential to improve feed efficiency traits in Nile tilapia.
Responsibility
Emergy synthesis assessment of tilapia farming in biofloc systems
Analysis of a tilapia fingerlings biofloc farm showed it had emergy indicator values characteristic of potentially sustainable production.
Health & Welfare
Heritable variation in swimming performance in Nile tilapia
Evaluation of swimming in Nile tilapia shows critical swimming speed is heritable and can predict fish growth performance.
Aquafeeds
Effect of feeding during off-flavor depuration on geosmin excretion by Nile tilapia
Evaluating off-flavor depuration time in Nile tilapia shows it is strongly reduced when farmers adopt a practice of feeding the fish.
Aquafeeds
Effect of exogenous enzymes in plant-based diets on growth of Nile tilapia fingerlings
Exogenous enzymes phytase and a xylanase-β-glucanase mixture can, individually or combined, improve growth performance of juvenile Nile tilapia.
Aquafeeds
Evaluation of yeast-fermented poultry byproduct meal in Nile tilapia
Inclusion of yeast-fermented poultry byproduct meal in Nile tilapia diets, at rates ranging from 11 to 25 percent, improved fish growth and health.
Aquafeeds
Comparing microalgae-blend diets to reference diet for Nile tilapia
Nutritional study with Nile tilapia compared three microalgal diets to a reference diet containing fishmeal and fish oil levels found in commercial feed.
Aquafeeds
Effect of dietary non-starch polysaccharides on tilapia productivity in ponds
An assessment of the effect of type of dietary non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) on the productivity of tilapia cultured in ponds.
Responsibility
Productive performance of Nile tilapia juveniles in water reused from biofloc systems
Trial evaluates the productive performance of Nile tilapia juveniles reared at high density using water reused from prior biofloc technology cultures.
Intelligence
Evaluating Nile tilapia, giant freshwater prawns in biofloc and RAS
Study evaluates Nile tilapia in monoculture and polyculture with giant freshwater prawns in biofloc and recirculating aquaculture (RAS) conditions.
Intelligence
Evaluating commercial, intensive production of Nile tilapia in IPRS
Study assesses in-pond raceway systems to produce Nile tilapia fed with a diet including U.S. soybean meal under intensive production conditions.
Health & Welfare
Influence of diet type on gut microbiome, nutrient assimilation in GIFT tilapia
Study compares effects of vegetable-based and commercial pellet-based diets on the nutrient assimilation and gastrointestinal microbiota of GIFT tilapia.
Aquafeeds
Evaluating kelp and maize meals as biofloc nucleation sites for tilapia fingerlings
Study assesses kelp and maize meals as nucleation sites of biofloc formation and tests the products’ effect on the performance of Nile tilapia fingerlings.
Health & Welfare
Development of Lactococcus garvieae autovaccine for Nile tilapia
Developing a whole bacterial cell, autogenous, oil-based vaccine to protect tilapia against infections of the pathogenic bacterium Lactococcus garvieae.