Effect of dietary gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) modulated the growth performance, immune and antioxidant capacity, digestive enzymes, intestinal histology and gene expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus).

Dietary GABA plays an important role in a variety of physiological functions in animals, but this has been rarely reported in fish. This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with GABA on growth, serum antioxidant indicators, digestive enzyme activities, intestinal morphology, and the gene expression of Nile tilapia. Diets containing three different GABA concentrations, 0 (control), 200 mg/kg (GABA200), and 500 mg/kg (GABA500), were fed to Nile tilapia (6.

Comparison of three molecular methods for species identification of the family Cichlidae in Kwan Phayao, Thailand.

The species diversity of cichlids was investigated in Kwan Phayao from August 2016 to May 2017. Four cichlid species were found, including Oreochromis niloticus, Oreochromis mossambicus, Coptodon rendalli and Coptodon zillii. Due to similar characterizations, it is very difficult to identify each species.

Sixteen EST-linked microsatellite markers in Günther's walking catfish, Clarias macrocephalus.

Twenty-seven new microsatellite sequences were identified by screening 2029 expressed sequence tags from Günther's walking catfish, Clarias macrocephalus. Sixteen loci were polymorphic with the number of alleles ranging from two to 16 per locus and the observed and expected heterozygosities ranging from 0.4667 to 0.