Acinetobacter lwoffii: an Emerging Pathogen for Red Head Disease in Farmed Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus

Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus

We used a two-compartment, clearance volume-based model to examine rubidium and cesium Ž . pharmacokinetics in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus after intravascular administration. We compared the apparent volumes of distribution in the central and peripheral compartments and the intercompartmental and whole-body clearances of both metals at 20.0 8C and 27.5 8C. Biological half-times of Rb we...

High-quality genome assembly of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

BACKGROUND The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), a species native to North America, is one of the most important commercial freshwater fish in the world, especially in the United States' aquaculture industry. Since its introduction into China in 1984, both cultivation area and yield of this species have been dramatically increased such that China is now the leading producer of channel catf...

Identification and Characterization of Full-Length cDNAs in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus)

BACKGROUND Genome annotation projects, gene functional studies, and phylogenetic analyses for a given organism all greatly benefit from access to a validated full-length cDNA resource. While increasingly common in model species, full-length cDNA resources in aquaculture species are scarce. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Through in silico analysis of catfish (Ictalurus spp.) ESTs, a total ...

Wildlife-Caused Losses for Producers of Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus in 1996

Pathogen loads, clearance and plasma cortisol response in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque), following challenge with Edwardsiella ictaluri.

Enteric septicaemia of catfish (ESC), caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Edwardsiella ictaluri (Hawke 1979), is the most prevalent disease affecting farm-raised catfish in the southeastern United States. The disease occurs primarily in the autumn and spring when water temperatures are between 18 and 28 !C (Francis-Floyd, Beleau, Waterstrat & Bowser 1987). The number of ESC cases investigated...