Tilapia culture /

• Main Author: El-Sayed, Abdel-Fattah M., 1950- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Tilapia.; Agricultural Economics.; Marketing and Distribution.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (General); Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Pollution and Degradation.; Aquatic Produce.; Rural Development, (New March 2000); Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002); Animal Wastes.; Oreochromis.; Animal breeding.; Animal cloning.; Animal nutrition.; Environmental impact.; Fish.; Fish culture.; Fish diseases.; Fish feeding.; Fish production.; Genetically engineered organisms.; Intensive production.; Management.; Marketing.; Pollution.; Processing.; Reproduction.; Rural development.; Stress.; Transgenic animals.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-261) and indexes.
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This book contains 12 chapters that discuss the history, current state and future of tilapia (Oreochromis and Tilapia spp.); basic biology and ecology; environmental requirements; semi-intensive fish culture; intensive culture; nutrition and feeding; reproduction and seed production; stress and diseases; harvesting, processing and production economics; the role of tilapia culture in rural development; modern technologies in reproduction and genetics (including cloning and transgenesis) and the environmental impacts of tilapia culture and the best management methods to reduce those impacts. This book is intended for those with an interest in aquaculture in general or to those involved in tilapia culture in particular.