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Trials to improve the response of Orechromis niloticus to Aeromonas hydrophila vaccine using immunostimulants (garlic, Echinacea) and probiotics (Organic Green and Vet-Yeast)
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture is a promising sector of fish industry in the world with about 80 million tones being produced annually. The development of aquaculture faced several constraints; among these are diseases constituting the ...
Effect of some local immunostimulants on the survival, growth performance and challenge infection of Oreochromis niloticus
Type: Conference Paper
Disease outbreaks are encountered in the rapidly developing aquaculture industry and affecting the economy but their controls seem to be difficult. Therefore, the use of immunostimulants may be an effective mean of increasing ...
Informal fish retailing in rural Egypt: Opportunities to enhance income and work conditions for women and men
Type: Report
Poor rural consumers benefit from Egypt's aquaculture sector through access to small and medium-sized farmed tilapia sold by informal fish retailers, many of whom are women. In fact, informal fish retail is the main, if ...
Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt
Type: Journal Article
Antibiotics are used in aquaculture to maintain the health and welfare of stocks; however, the emergence and selection of antibiotic resistance in bacteria poses threats to humans, animals and the environment. Mitigation ...
Impacts of COVID-19 on Aquatic Food Supply Chains in Egypt February – July 2020
Type: Report
We conducted a bi-weekly phone survey with fish supply chain actors in Egypt to assess impacts of COVID-19 on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs. Respondents answered questions about their ...
Adapting to climate change: the ecosystem approach to fisheries and aquaculture in the Near East and North Africa region: Workshop Proceedings: FAO/WorldFish workshop, Abbassa, Egypt. 10-12 Nov 2009
Type: Report
This project was initiated by FAO in order to address how the ecosystem approach to fisheries and aquaculture can be used to address the impacts of climate change to fisheries and aquaculture in the Near East and North ...
WorldFish in Egypt
Type: Brief
Since launching its research program in Egypt in 1998, WorldFish has delivered high quality, practical research related to the country's aquaculture and fishery sector. A key research focus has been on improving fish ...
Freshwater fish seed resources and supply: Africa regional synthesis
Type: Book Chapter
The availability and quality of fingerlings for stocking in aquaculture ponds have repeatedly been identified as a key constraint to the development of aquaculture in Africa. Government hatcheries have generally failed to ...
Pathological studies on encysted metacercariae infections among some freshwater fish in Egyptian aquaculture
Type: Conference Paper
Fish may harbor pathogens especially parasitic diseases which interfere with the aquaculture production and could consitiute a zoonotic importance, especially in developing countries. In this study, 200 freshwater fishes ...
Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture sector
Type: Conference Paper
Egypt’s aquaculture production (921,585 tonnes in 2010) is by far the largest of any African country and places it 11th in terms of global production. Despite the fact that the aquaculture sector in Egypt is now a mature ...