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The Effects of feed restriction and isolated or group rearing on the measurement of individual feed intake and estimation of feed conversion ratio in juvenile Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) for selective breeding purposes
Type: Journal Article
Accurately measuring the phenotype at the individual level is critical to the success of selective breeding programs. Feed efficiency is a key sustainability trait and is typically approached through feed conversion ratio ...
Fish for Livelihoods: Nutrition update September 2020
Type: Newsletter
The newsletter provides a summary of the dried small fish powder activity implemented by Fish for Livelihoods project funded by USAID through engagement with a local company in Myanmar.
Fish for Livelihoods: 1000 days poster (Burmese version)
Type: Poster
This poster highlights the benefits of eating Small Indigineous Fish (SIS), how to harvest it, and the benefits of growing them with other fish species. The benefits of the partial harvesting that they don't need to spend ...
Rapid visualization in the specific detection of Flavobacterium columnare, a causative agent of freshwater columnaris using a novel recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) combined with lateral flow dipstick (LFD) assay
Type: Journal Article
Flavobacterium columnare is the causative agent of columnaris, a serious disease affecting numerous freshwater fish species worldwide. Although several molecular protocols have been established to detect this pathogen, ...
Screening of fish and shrimp-based pastes for the presence of parasites: An analysis of pastes from Myanmar
Type: Report
A literature search of the aquatic species used to make fish and pastes revealed only one parasite, the zoonotic nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum, had been previously recorded in Myanmar. This is a species that infects ...
Impacts of COVID-19 and options to build resilience and recovery in fish value chains in Myanmar
Type: Internal Report
This report focuses on assessing the impacts of COVID-19 and options to build resilience and recovery in fish value chains in Myanmar. A mixed-methods approach, comprising a quantitative survey and qualitative interviews ...
Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome
Type: Poster
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome poster for creating awareness about clinical signs of EUS for improving surveillance and reporting of diseases in open water bodies
Good post-harvest practices for fresh fish trading: Facilitator guide
Type: Training Material
This English language training material is a facilitator guide for peer to peer learning on better management practices for post-harvest handling and trading of fresh fish
FTT smoker operation and testing protocol guidelines (Burmese version)
Type: Manual
This Myanmar language guide, illustrated with diagrams, describes i) how to operate an FAO-Thiaroye Processing Technique (FTT) improved fish smoker constructed in Kale Township, Sagaing Region of Myanmar, ii) details a ...
Apparent digestibility coefficients of local palm kernel cakes, rice bran, maize bran and sago flour in the GIFT strain of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Type: Journal Article
An experiment was conducted to estimate the apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of macronutrients and energy of local palm kernel cakes, rice bran, maize bran and sago flour available in tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus ...