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Pipette and paper: Combining molecular and genealogical methods to assess a Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) breeding program
Type: Journal Article
The paper compared molecular and paper records of pedigrees in a Nile tilapia breeding program, the Abbassa line in Egypt. It established a novel pipeline of checks and balances based on molecular data to correct erroneous ...
Biosecurity practices for tilapia hatcheries: A case of Zambia
Type: Brief
Globally, aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector, and the industry’s growth in Zambia is largely anchored on production from tilapia species (Oreochromis spp). This growing industry, currently estimated at 45,670.49 ...
Performance of Oreochromis niloticus and Oreochromis andersonii in controlled laboratory conditions in Zambia
Type: Journal Article
In the present study, two hatchery strains of Oreochromis niloticus and two of O. andersonii sourced from different hatcheries in Zambia were subjected to the same feeding and management regimes in a controlled indoor tank ...
Step-by-step guide to conducting digital surveys for aquaculture performance assessment (Final published version)
Type: Manual
The WorldFish objective for sustainable aquaculture within the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) focuses on enabling enterprises to progressively enhance production of aquatic foods in a more efficient ...
Zambia Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project (ZAEDP): Genetic improvement program
Type: Brief
With technical support from WorldFish, the government of Zambia is implementing a genetic improvement
program (GIP) for the indigenous three-spotted tilapia (Oreochromis andersonii) (Plate 1) under the Zambia
Aquaculture ...
Tilapia: The plain truth (Burmese version)
Type: Poster
This infographic is an overview of tilapia as a nutritious inexpensive and environmentally friendly food.
Basic biosecurity manual for tilapia hatchery technicians in Bangladesh (Bangla version)
Type: Manual
With the onset of Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) outbreaks in several Asian countries, WorldFish, in collaboration with Bangladesh’s Department of Fisheries, has developed a program to improve biosecurity in the tilapia industry ...
Increased sustainability and research capacity for tilapia aquaculture in Zambia
Type: Other
This is the success story resulting from the fish nutrition project that was conducted by Worldfish at the Natural Resources development Colleague in Lusaka. The project aimed at building a research facility to conduct and ...
GIFT transfer risk management: Genetics
Type: Internal Report
This report is a genetic risk analysis of introducing Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Nigeria
for aquaculture purposes. GIFT is a strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) that has been genetically ...