Publications by authors named "Hany Abdel-Latif"

A 45-day feeding study was carried out to assess the immune-stimulatory effects of capsicum oleoresin when added to rainbow trout diets. A total of 450 fish (mean weight: 155.20 ± 1.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Although antibiotics are the main therapy for bacterial infections, the reports showed that the overuse (or misuse) of antibiotics will results in several problems such as the development of antibiotic-resistant strains, persistence of drug residues, and numerous environmental concerns. Therefore, finding antibiotic alternatives is considered of vital importance. Investigation of the antimicrobial properties of several plant substances and extracts is of great value to replace antibiotics.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

More than 40 species of lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) are known worldwide. Some of them are parasitic and feed on the blood of fish or other aquatic animals. Lampreys spawn once in their lifetime, after which they die.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

We investigated the dietary effects of the single application of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and their combination on growth, proximate composition of whole fish body, antioxidant defense, and histoarchitecture of hapa-reared Mugil capito. Healthy fish (Fish weighed = 10.30 ± 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This study investigated the benefits of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and/or garlic, Allium sativum supplementation in diets of Nile tilapia with regard to growth, antioxidant status, hepatic and intestinal histoarchitecture, expression of growth- and immune-related genes, and resistance to Aeromonas sobria infection. Fish (with an initial weight of 9.43 ± 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The need for renewable energy sources is recently necessitated by attaining sustainability and climate change mitigation. Accordingly, the use of renewable energy sources has been growing rapidly during the last two decades. Yet, the potentials of renewable energy sources are generally influenced by several climatic factors that either determine the source of energy such as wind speed in the case of wind power or affect the performance of system such as the reduction in solar PV power production due to temperature increase.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

An eight-week trial was designed to explore the dietary effects of commercially purchased exogenous bile acids (BAs) on growth, whole-body composition, lipid profile, intestinal digestive enzymes, liver function enzymes, oxidative stress biomarkers, and serum immunity of thinlip mullet, Liza ramada. Four triplicate groups (10.50 ± 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The dietary effects of the green microalga Tetraselmis suecica (TS) on the growth, digestive enzymes, immune and antioxidant responses, genes expression, and disease resistance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings were investigated. This microalga was mixed with the diet' ingredients at doses of 0.0 (the control), 5, 10, 15, and 20 g/kg diet and then fed to fish daily for 84 days.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This study investigated the dietary effects of coated L-ascorbic acid (LA) on growth, feed utilization, survival, serum biochemical indices, immunity, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal and hepatopancreatic histology of the pre-adult red swamp crayfish. Four isoproteinous and isolipidic diets were formulated to contain several LA levels as 0, 1300, 1600, and 1900 mg/kg and designated as control (LA0), LA13, LA16, and LA19, respectively. However, the analyzed LA concentrations in diets were 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In this study, strain C24 was isolated from cases of winter mortalities of hatchery-reared European seabass () broodstock in Türkiye. The first mortalities were reported in September 2016 and occurred annually in early autumn/late winter until the end of February 2019, when 15% of accumulated mortality was recorded. Diseased moribund fish exhibited general septicemic signs, including dermal ulcerations with hemorrhagic margins, distended abdomens, and hemorrhages below the pectorals, pelvic fins, and at the operculum.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Probiotic yeasts have become popular in aquaculture due to their health benefits for farmed fish, with a focus on autochthonous yeasts identified from goldfish.
  • Four specific yeast strains were characterized from the intestinal tracts of healthy goldfish, and their probiotic properties were tested for things like cell surface hydrophobicity and ability to tolerate pH and bile salts.
  • Results showed that these strains can co-aggregate with harmful bacteria and tolerate low pH, highlighting their potential as probiotic candidates, but further testing in real-life aquaculture settings is needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Valorising waste from the processing of fishery and aquaculture products into functional additives, and subsequent use in aquafeed as supplements could be a novel approach to promoting sustainability in the aquaculture industry. The present study supplemented 10% of various fish protein hydrolysates (FPHs), obtained from the hydrolysis of kingfish (KH), carp (CH) and tuna (TH) waste, with 90% of poultry by-product meal (PBM) protein to replace fishmeal (FM) completely from the barramundi diet. At the end of the trial, intestinal mucosal barriers damage, quantified by villus area (VA), lamina propria area (LPA), LPA ratio, villus length (VL), villus width (VW), and neutral mucin (NM) in barramundi fed a PBM-based diet was repaired when PBM was supplemented with various FPHs ( < 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The dietary effects of walnut leaf extract (WLE) on the growth, immunity, and resistance of Oreochromis niloticus to bacterial infection have been investigated. Five diets were prepared with various WLE doses of 0, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 mg/kg, termed as Con (control), WLE250, WLE500, WLE750, and WLE1000, respectively. Fish (11.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Aquaculture is an important food sector throughout the globe because of its importance in ensuring the availability of nutritious and safe food for human beings. In recent years, this sector has been challenged with several obstacles especially the emergence of infectious disease outbreaks. Various treatment and control aspects, including antibiotics, antiseptics, and other anti-microbial agents, have been used to treat farmed fish and shrimp against diseases.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A 56-day feeding experiment was designed to evaluate the impacts of five herbal extracts, namely Ginkgo biloba (GB), Moringa oleifera (MR), Myristica fragrans (NM), Silybum marianum (MT), and Astragalus membranaceus (AT) on growth, serum immune indices, and ammonia-N stress resistance of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus fingerlings. Fish were fed on a diet with no herbal additives (reference or CNT), and several plant extracts-based diets were supplied with two inclusion doses of each extract (1.0 and 2.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • This study investigated the effects of honeybee pollen (BP) on the growth, gut health, and liver structure of African catfish juveniles over a 21-day feeding trial.
  • Results indicated that adding BP to their diet significantly improved growth metrics, with fish in enriched groups gaining 45% more weight than control fish.
  • Histological analyses suggested that BP positively influenced intestinal development and nutrient absorption, with 1% BP recommended as the ideal additive for optimal growth in African catfish.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This study assessed the restorative dietary effects of Moringa oleifera (MO) leaves extract against the negative impacts of sub-lethal fipronil (FIP) toxicity in Nile tilapia. To achieve this purpose, the growth, body composition, haemato-biochemical measurements, serum immunity, and antioxidant condition of Nile tilapia have been examined. Fish were arranged into 6 experimental groups in quadruplicates.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Microplastic particles (MPs) are a common environmental pollutant easily ingested by fish in aquaculture. The current study evaluated the protective efficacies of some antioxidant, e.g.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • - Spirulina (SP) is a protein-rich feed supplement that was studied for its effects on growth and health in thinlip mullet (Liza ramada) juveniles over a 60-day period, using varying SP levels in their diets from 0 to 10 g/kg.
  • - Results showed that fish fed diets with 8.0 g/kg of SP (SP8 group) experienced the best growth performance, and SP supplementation also enhanced digestive enzymes and hepatic antioxidants compared to the control group.
  • - Additionally, SP-supplemented diets improved the fish's immune response, significantly increasing specific immunological parameters compared to the control group, without notably affecting survival or feed conversion rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In aquaculture, nutrigenomics or "nutritional genomics" is concerned with studying the impacts of nutrients and food ingredients on gene expressions and understanding the interactions that may occur between nutrients and dietary bioactive ingredients with the genome and cellular molecules of the treated aquatic animals at the molecular levels that will, in turn, mediate gene expression. This concept will throw light on or provide important information to recognize better how specific nutrients may influence the overall health status of aquatic organisms. In crustaceans, it is well known that the nutritional requirements vary among different species.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

This study evaluated the immunotoxic effects of thallium (Tl) in Nile tilapia fingerlings and the recovery role of dietary polysaccharides (ASs). An 8-week experiment was designed where 180 fishes were randomly and equally assigned in triplicates into the six groups: the control group (CNT) was reared in unpolluted water and fed a commercial diet, two groups were fed a well-balanced commercial diet plus 1.5 and 3.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Pikeperch is gaining popularity in freshwater aquaculture, but challenges in artificial reproduction remain, requiring more research on factors like female maturation and gamete quality.
  • A study collected data from wild fish in various lakes, showing that larger fish and those from deeper lakes are better suited for artificial reproduction, resulting in higher embryo survival rates.
  • The research found high embryo survival rates (about 84.5% after fertilization and 79.7% at hatching), and indicated that smaller females had more issues with nonsynchronous oocyte maturation, signifying effective methods for selecting females for spawning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Fish diseases have a "stress-related" nature, whereas fish exposure to stressors will increase their susceptibility to infections. It was also noted that fish exposure to biotic and abiotic stressors would exaggerate the disease signs, elicit high mortalities, and cause severe economic losses. Motile aeromonad septicemia (MAS) is a major bacterial disease affecting a variety of finfish species throughout the globe and is caused by Aeromonas hydrophila.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The aquaculture sector is one of the main activities contributing to food security for humanity around the globe. However, aquatic animals are susceptible to several farming stressors involved in deteriorated growth performance, reduced productivity, and eventually high mortality rates. In some countries still, antibiotics and chemotherapies are comprehensively applied to control biotic stressors.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF