Health & Welfare
Streptococcus in tilapia
Streptococcus species account for over half of all bacterial diseases in tilapia. The authors studied the ability of biotype-specific vaccines.
Health & Welfare
Healthy fish: Recap of Day 1 at GOAL 2016
Some of the world’s top aquatic animal disease experts shared knowledge about mitigation techniques at the GOAL conference in Guangzhou, China. Topics included sea lice, streptococcus and EHP, which was referred to as the “most insidious” disease impacting shrimp production.
Health & Welfare
Bacterial, chemical residues impact tilapia quality
Both bacterial pathogens and chemical residues can affect the quality of farmed tilapia products. In production systems, Vibrio bacteria quickly proliferate following disease outbreaks.
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Study shows oxytetracycline controls streptococcus in tilapia
The FDA approved the oxytetracycline to combat streptococcosis in aquaculture, but their use is limited to channel catfish and salmonid species.