Health & Welfare
Dietary potassium diformate improves growth performance of male Nile tilapia
Some of the more promising alternatives to antibiotics for the treatment of Nile tilapia are found in the group of organic acids and their salts.
Innovation & Investment
Large-scale tilapia project driving aquaculture development in Ivory Coast
A large-scale aquaculture project in Ivory Coast, with "soft technology" adopted by Societe d’Elevage et de Distribution de Poissons, allows the full growing cycle to be controlled using local materials, manpower and inputs.
Aquafeeds
Innovative feed additives improve feed utilization in Nile tilapia
Through two lab trials, the authors examined the potential of feed additives to increase growth and feed utilization in Nile tilapia.
Health & Welfare
‘Super male’ Nile tilapia outperform hormone-reversed fish in Nicaragua
A recent study compared the growth and survival at different salinity levels of “super male” (YY) tilapia with normal sex O. niloticus reversed to 100 percent phenotypic males.
Health & Welfare
Combined live/formulated diet enhances weight gain at first feed in larval Nile tilapia
Early postmetamorphic stages of fish feed mainly on zooplankton. As larvae develop, their dietary requirements change and they adopt adult dietary habits.
Aquafeeds
Feed color affects growth, feed utilization of Nile tilapia
Experiment evaluates effects of feed color on the growth and survival of Nile tilapia fingerlings reared in a recirculating system.
Health & Welfare
Tetraploidization in Nile tilapia
Sterilization by induced triploidy is an effective method to suppress natural reproduction and therefore its stunting effect in Nile tilapia grow-out ponds.
Health & Welfare
Influencing sex ratios in Nile tilapia
Environmental factors can influence the sex ratios of fishes, and this knowledge could be useful to develop all-male Nile tilapia stocks without hormones.
Health & Welfare
Scotland study evaluates immune responses, disease resistance in clonal lines of Nile tilapia
Once a pathogen breaches the physical barriers of its host, it encounters the nonspecific immune response components that attack and help destroy the pathogen.