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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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 dise...

Table of Contents:

• Current State and Future Potential
• Basic Biology and Ecology
• Environmental Requirements
• Semi-intensive Culture
• Intensive Culture
• Nutrition and Feeding
• Reproduction and Seed Production
• Stress and Diseases
• Harvesting, Processing and Economics
• The Role of Tilapia Culture in Rural Development
• Recent Technological Innovations
• Environmental Impacts.