Captive Great Blue Heron Predation on Farmed Channel Catfish Fingerlings

Susceptibility of channel catfish, blue catfish and channel×blue catfish hybrid to Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Retrobulbar teratoma in a great blue heron (Ardea herodias).

Improvements in Channel Catfish Growth after Two Generations of Selection and Comparison of Performance Traits among Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish, and Hybrid Catfish Fingerlings in an Aquarium Rack System

—A 9-week growth study was conducted to compare the fingerling performance of two genetic groups of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] 103 and USDA303) with that of blue catfish I. furcatus and their hybrid in an aquarium rack system. Fish of approximately 20 g were randomly selected from multifamily populations and acclimated to the aquarium rack system ...

Electron microscopic observations on the pecten of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias).

The pecten oculi of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias) has been examined by both light and electron microscopy. In this species the pecten is large and of the pleated type. It consists of 14-15 acordion folds that are joined apically by a more heavily pigmented bridge of tissue which holds the pecten in a fan-like shape widest at its base. As in other species it is situated over the optic ne...

Histopathological observations of farmed carp fingerlings of Mymensingh area

Histopathological studies were conducted on carp fingerlings of Labeo rohita, Catla catla and Cirrhinus cirrhosus during October 2003 to May 2004 from fish farms of Mymensingh area. Monthly samplings were done with 10 fish from each species with the help of seine net. Skin, muscle, gill and liver were collected, processed and stained in Haematoxylin and Eosin. Histologically carp fingerlings of...