Mozambique tilapia () and the African Sharptooth catfish () are the most farmed freshwater fish species in Southern Africa. However, production in the freshwater aquaculture sector has remained low due to, among other key factors, high cost of feeds, disease outbreaks, and poor sexual development in broodstock. Small-scale farmers are affected the most because they often lack resources and cannot afford expensive commercial diets, antimicrobials, and synthetic hormones needed to regulate reproduction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF<b>Background and Objective:</b> Studies on fish biology are essential for the sustainable management and conservation of fish biodiversity. This study observed the length-weight relationships and condition factors of common rudd fish, which give us some information about the ecological and nutritional conditions of fish. This information is crucial to fishery management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
October 2021
This study investigated the use of enzymes and histology as potential biomarkers in Sand and Blood Rivers in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Physico-chemical parameters were analyzed at sites S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 of the Sand River and sites B1 and B2 of the Blood River. Sites S1 and B1 were selected as the reference sites and located upstream of the Polokwane and Seshego wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) effluent discharge points, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn experiment was carried out to assess the effect of replacing fishmeal with mopane worm meal in the diet of Clarias gariepinus. Juvenile C. gariepinus weighing 67.
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April 2019
Ecological and human health risk assessments were undertaken in an urban river, Sand River. Suitability of river water for irrigation was also determined. Samples were taken on a monthly basis from four sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study investigated the extent of changes in haemato-biochemical and immunological parameters of O. mossambicus fed with M. oleifera-based diets pre and post-challenge with different concentrations of A.
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