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Increased Sustainability in the Aquaculture Sector in sub-Saharan Africa, through Improved Aquatic Animal Health Management
Type: Brief
African aquaculture is growing rapidly. Tilapia and catfish are the two most important farmed fish species on the continent, and in Kenya, specifically, rainbow trout farming has become an important part of the country’s ...
End user guidelines: How to sign up and access the fish farm biosecurity course on Learn.ink
Type: Manual
Learn.ink is an online platform for digitized learning and training. Sharing digital content on mobile devices is important for efficient knowledge sharing and training to work with target community groups on a range of ...
Efficacy and safety of boric acid as a preventive treatment against Saprolegnia infection in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Type: Journal Article
Saprolegniosis is a worldwide fungal-like infection affecting freshwater fishes and their eggs. Reports show high mortalities and subsequent economic losses annually from Saprolegnia infections. Most therapeutants against ...
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Blood sampling guide
Type: Tool
Fish blood sampling requires specific techniques and skills that are fundamental for all kinds of analyses such as haematology, chemistry analysis, parasitology/bacteriology investigation, antibody titration, molecular ...
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Wet mount sampling guide (for ectoparasites & fungi)
Type: Tool
Parasitic and fungal infestations represent one of the major challenges to sustainable aquaculture. As part of routine health checks or during abnormal mortality events, screening for ectoparasites and fungi in tilapia, ...
Tilapia Disease Outbreak Investigation: reporting template
Type: Manual
Tilapia Disease Outbreak Investigation: Model template for gathering preliminary information about any reported case of unusual mortalities of farmed and/or wild tilapia in WorldFish program/partner/scaling countries
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Molecular diagnostics sampling guide
Type: Tool
Major pathogens of fish and other farmed aquatic animals include bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. These can lead to serious infectious diseases and losses representing one of the major limitation to sustainable ...
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Bacteriology sampling guide
Type: Tool
Bacterial diseases represent one of the major impediments to sustainable aquaculture. Routine screening for bacterial pathogens at various life stages of tilapia, carp and catfish a are important to minimize their introduction ...
Quick fish sampling guide for disease diagnostics - Histology sampling guide
Type: Tool
During investigation of an abnormal mortality event, fish tissues (or biopsies) for histopathology analysis are collected for disease diagnosis.
Histology consists in the preparation of thin, stained tissue sections for ...
Aquatic Animal Health Package of Practices: Fish epidemiology and health economics
Type: Tool
The absence of accurate baseline data on fish health and production, farm management practices, disease occurrence and mortalities, and the economic value of disease-related losses hampers disease control efforts by farmers ...