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Processing of feedstuffs and aquafeeds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
This chapter will help the reader understand and appreciate the basic principles of processing, preparation, storage, and quality control in the preparation of aquafeeds. The material in this section is presented in sequence ...
Economics of feeding
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
This chapter aims to introduce concepts and methods in doing economic analysis applicable in aquaculture in general with emphasis in feed production and feeding in aquaculture farms. This chapter discusses the following ...
Viral diseases
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Outbreaks of viral infections can cause massive mortalities among cultured fishes or shrimps. Water temperature and age of the fish or shrimps are significant factors that influence the development of viral infections. ...
Disease development
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Disease occurrence is one of the biggest deterrents to sustainable production in aquaculture. It is therefore important to enhance awareness among various sectors of the importance of health management in the aquaculture ...
Fungal diseases
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Over the past 20 years, aquatic animal mycopathogens have become the focus of considerable research. The many known occurrences of fungal diseases in wild populations and the documented devastating disease outbreaks indicate ...
Environmental and other non-infectious diseases
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
The chapter presents some of the environmental non-infectious diseases of aquatic animals. Non-infectious diseases are caused by adverse environmental conditions, nutritional disorders, or genetic defects. While they can ...
Philippine science as world science: The case of milkfish reproduction
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Originally published in the Philippine Star on 10 January 2008. Edited and reprinted with permission.
Hatchery and pond culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in northern Mindanao
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2007)
The history of M. rosenbergii hatchery operations in Northern Mindanao can be traced from minor activities in different locations by several institutions. Earlier attempts to produce freshwater prawn postlarvae in hatcheries ...
Community-based mangrove-friendly aquaculture: Philippine experience
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
This paper discussed two mangrove-friendly aquaculture technologies that will not only protect the coastal and mangrove ecosystem but could also increase the income of the coastal communities not only from the forest ...
Giant freshwater prawn farming in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2007)
Freshwater prawn thrives in inland waters like rivers, lakes, swamps, irrigation canals, estuaries and even in rivers upstream. A recent survey in Luzon Island, Philippines identified 12 species of freshwater prawn found ...