Tilapia (eBook)

Aquaculture, Biology and Health Management

Kim Thompson, Craig A. Shoemaker, David C. Little (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
880 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-80062-945-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Tilapia are a popular species to farm because of their relative ease of culture, and because they are an extremely nutritious fish with a high global demand. This book discusses their importance as an aquaculture species, their reproduction and genetics, and different production systems with a focus on health management.

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Tilapia are a group of cichlid fish endemic to tropical freshwater in Africa, Jordan and Israel, that are extremely nutritious and in high global demand. They are a popular species to farm because of their relative ease of culture, their tolerance to relatively high stocking densities, large size, rapid growth and palatability.

As a thorough exploration of tilapia aquaculture, this book emphasizes the significance of this group of fish and discusses the crucial elements of tilapia farming, including their reproductive and genetic characteristics, the various cultivation systems employed and the emerging governance of the practice. It also addresses important health management issues, focusing on nutrition, immunology, and animal welfare and extensively analyses the diseases that afflict tilapia, how they are diagnosed and what potential zoonotic hazards exist.

The value of the book includes:

Contributing to the wider understanding of tilapia aquaculture and the importance of the species to global food security.

Providing an in-depth discussion on tilapia fish health, including major diseases, nutrition, immunology and disease prevention.

Giving detailed insights into tilapia genetics, production systems, and reproduction.

Written by an international team of experts to advance the long-term, sustainable growth of the global aquaculture industry, this book is a comprehensive and essential resource for anyone involved in or learning about tilapia farming.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2025
• Reihe/Serie: European Association of Fish Pathologists (EAFP)
• Co-Autor: Alastair Hamilton, Alvin C. Camus, Andrew P. Shinn, Annette Simone Boerlage, Benjamin R. LaFrentz, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz, Channarong Rodkhum, D. Allen Davis, Darci Carlos Fornari, De-Hai Xu, Divya Rose, Esteban M. Soto, Francis Murray, Gustavo Ramirez Paredes, Ha Thanh Dong, Halina Sobolewska, Hetron M. Munang’andu, Ian Goulding, Janina Costa, Joke van der Giessen, Jorge del-Pozo, Junning Cai, Matt J. Griffin, Mona Dverdal Jansen, Nopadon Pirarat, Olga L. M. Haenen, Partho Pratim Debnath, Ram Bhujel, Roger S. V. Pullin, Ruth Zadoks, Saengchan Senapin, Sonia Rey Planellas, Taylor I. Heckman, Thomas P. Loch, Jr Rossi Waldemar, Warren Turner
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: aquatic zoonoses • Fish Disease • Fish health management • Fish welfare • health management in fish farms • tilapia aquaculture • tilapia farming • tilapia genetics • tilapia immunology • tilapia management • tilapia nutrition • tilapia production systems • tilapia reproduction • tilapia welfare
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-945-1 / 1800629451
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-945-5 / 9781800629455