Characterization of Edwardsiella piscicida CK108 flagellin genes and evaluation of their potential as vaccine targets in the zebrafish model.

The control of bacterial pathogens, including Edwardsiella piscicida, in the aquaculture industry has high economic importance. This study aimed to identify a potential live vaccine candidate against E. piscicida infection to minimize the side effects and elicit immunity in the host.

Tuna byproducts as a fish-meal in tilapia aquaculture.

Potentiality of the use of tuna byproducts as a fish-meal replacement on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was examined for 84 weeks by tracking the concentrations of cadmium and mercury in the internal organs, muscles and fish whole body through generation including their immature eggs and their larvae. The results confirmed that the tuna byproducts can be used as a fish-meal substitute in tilapia aquaculture, because their acceptable ranges for cadmium and mercury consequently did not exceed the food safety values (both < 0.5 mg kg), despite their proportional increases in the fish body.

Comparative evaluation of dietary probiotics Bacillus subtilis WB60 and Lactobacillus plantarum KCTC3928 on the growth performance, immunological parameters, gut morphology and disease resistance in Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica.

The current experiment was conducted to evaluate and compare the efficacy of two different probiotics Bacillus subtilis WB60 and Lactobacillus plantarum KCTC3928 in diet of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica. Seven experimental diets were formulated to contain no probiotics (CON), three graded levels of B. subtilis at 10 (BS), 10 (BS), 10 (BS) and L.