The conditions in which fish are farmed may be the reason infections such as columnaris disease are becoming increasingly virulent, as aquaculture creates selective pressures that encourage the most lethal strains of disease to thrive. That is the conclusion of a 23-year study conducted at a fish ...
Cargill Animal Nutrition has opened its sixth feed mill in Vietnam. The plant is located in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, and is designed to have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of aquaculture feed, giving Cargill-Vietnam a total production capacity of 720,000 metric tons per year, ...
Swedish researchers have assessed the possible consequences of the release of transgenic fish into the environment, and recommended that, for the time being, these animals should be kept in closed systems, preferably on land. The study was carried out by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, ...
Representatives of the Spanish aquaculture industry have formed a new association to promote the health of farmed fish. The Spanish Federation of Groups for the Protection of Aquaculture Health (Feadsa), funded by the Entrepreneurial Association of Seafood Producers of Spain (Apromar), aims to ...
Chile has started a vaccination program aimed at inoculating 10-12 million farmed salmon in the country against infectious salmon anemia (ISA), a disease that has been threatening the national industry in recent years. The program started in September and, according to the local authorities, ...
Henderson Morley has published the results of a field trial of vaccine candidates for Koi herpesvirus (KHV). The UK-based company, which develops vaccines for human and veterinary use, recently completed the tests to identify effective dosages and the influence of different adjuvants on the ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reminded aquaculture producers about the correct use of the antibiotic florfenicol . The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has received reports that the drug is being administered to fish in forms not approved by the FDA. This could prove ...
Japan’s Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma has gained approval for the use of its ‘Biken’ iridovirus vaccine in red seabream. The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF) initiallyapproved the vaccine for use in the seriola and striped jack species in 1998. It later extended the ...
