Publications by authors named "P Pousao-Ferreira"

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  • * The impact of environmental changes, like rising temperatures and pollution, can worsen disease conditions in aquaculture by enhancing pathogen virulence.
  • * New technologies and biotechnological tools, such as probiotics and metagenomics, are being developed to improve sustainability in aquaculture while reducing the need for antibiotics and better understanding disease mechanisms.
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The ectoparasite Amyloodinium ocellatum is a dinoflagellate that causes severe morbidity and mortality in both brackish and marine warmwater aquaculture fishes worldwide. A. ocellatum has a triphasic life cycle based on a free-living flagellate (the dinospore), a parasitic stage (the trophont) and a resting and reproductive cyst (the tomont).

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The increasing frequency and duration of marine heatwaves (MHWs) due to climate change pose severe threats to aquaculture, causing drastic physiological and growth impairments in farmed fish, undermining their resilience against additional environmental pressures. To ensure sustainable production that meets the global seafood demand and animal welfare standards, cost-effective and eco-friendly strategies are urgently needed. This study explored the efficacy of the red macroalga on juvenile white seabream reared under optimal conditions and upon exposure to a MHW.

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Extreme weather events, like marine heatwaves (MHWs), are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, posing several challenges to marine ecosystems and their services. As disease outbreaks are often prompted by these acute phenomena, it is essential to develop eco-innovative strategies that can efficiently improve farmed fish resilience, especially under sub-optimal rearing conditions, thereby ensuring a sustainable aquaculture production. This study aimed to unveil farmed juvenile white seabream (, 28.

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  • * Over a period of 12 to 33 days post hatching, larvae were divided into two groups: one received a standard diet (CTRL) and the other received a Gln-supplemented diet (GLN).
  • * Results showed that the GLN diet significantly improved growth and protein metabolism compared to the CTRL diet, indicating that Gln enhances the nutritional efficiency of fast-growing marine fish larvae.
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