Health & Welfare
The USDA marine aquaculture center is addressing genetic improvement of North American Atlantic salmon to develop improved lines for producers.
Health & Welfare
In a challenge study of catfish families identified as resistant or susceptible to enteric septicemia (ESC), immune response was activated 24 hours earlier in resistant families and bacterial levels were suppressed.
Health & Welfare
Sensitive detection of enteric septicemia is important to the successful development of a selective-breeding program for ESC resistance.
Health & Welfare
Although research on catfish genetics began in the 1960s, applications of genetic improvement in aquaculture have lagged behind other animal industries.
Health & Welfare
The potential for genetic improvement in channel catfish should be compared to improvements in the poultry, beef and swine industries.