Intelligence
Proximate analysis of fatty acid composition in tilapia
Research has found that varying feed composition results in major differences in the polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of tilapia.
Health & Welfare
Vitamin E levels in tilapia diets affect fillet quality
Vitamin E is a required element in tilapia diets influenced by dietary lipid levels. A 5 percent lipid diet is sufficient to maintain immune responses and healthy reproduction.
Health & Welfare
DNA markers help manage Nile tilapia stocks
Determining changes in the genetic diversity of selected hatchery stocks provides a means to monitor inbreeding, control loss of genetic diversity and achieve sustainable levels of genetic gain.
Health & Welfare
Microbial flocs for aquaculture
Microbial flocs consist of a variety of bacteria, fungi, microalgae and other organisms suspended with detritus in culture water.
Aquafeeds
Lipid nutrition of farmed tilapia
The optimum dietary lipid level for tilapia ranges from 10 to 15 percent. Various vegetable oil products show promise as replacements for fish oil in feeds.
Health & Welfare
Tilapia harvest microbial flocs in active suspension research pond
In a study, microbial flocs contributed about 50 percent of feed material as dry solids and about 50 percent of the protein requirement of tilapia.
Responsibility
Tilapia farming in Honduras
Tilapia culture is an important component of local food production in Honduras. Rising exports have raised in-country demand and production.
Intelligence
Production priorities overshadow genetic quality at African fish hatcheries
African fish hatcheries were built to produce catfish and tilapia fingerlings, but practices that fail to maintain genetic diversity limit growth performance.
Intelligence
Tilapia production rising in Africa
The contribution of tilapia culture in Africa to world tilapia production is low, despite the fact that these fish are originally African.
Intelligence
Tilapia farmers participate in Oman research
With university assistance, traditional farmers in Oman are evaluating the culture of tilapia in farm areas with saline groundwater.
Health & Welfare
Tilapia cage farming in Thailand
With support from the government and large companies, models for tilapia cage farming in Thailand acted as a catalyst to expand production in the 1990s.
Health & Welfare
Monosex tilapia production
Monosex tilapia culture is preferred due to males' fast growth and large sizes. Hormonal sex-reversal techniques are being replaced by breeding programs.
Health & Welfare
Philippine studies support moderate feeding in tilapia
Authors carried out a series of experiments at and around Central Luzon State University designed to determine optimal feeding strategies for tilapia.
Intelligence
Brazil study tests Nile tilapia fillets processed by hot, cold smoking
An assessment of the effects of smoking techniques on fillets of Nile tilapia, measuring yield, organoleptic qualities, composition, salt content and texture.
Intelligence
Tilapia evolution
Tilapia has aptly been called the “aquatic chicken,” a description that has become more accurate as time goes by. It is now the most widely cultured fish on the planet.
Intelligence
Tilapia: A truly global aquaculture industry
Tilapia are a diverse group of tropical fish with over 100 species that originally came from Africa and the Middle East but now are farmed worldwide.