An experiment was conducted to investigate whether feeding menhaden oil (MO) to hens affects egg weight, and whether using deodorized MO (DMO) could ameliorate decreased sensory quality of eggs (characteristic for hens fed high fish oil diets). Two-hundred twenty-four Single Comb White Leghorn hens were allocated to seven dietary treatments comprising either no fish oil, DMO, or regular MO (RMO...

The paper seeks to present the evolution in dynamics of indices, consumer prices, for food products (milling and bakery products; fruits canned fruits; vegetables vegetables; oils fats; eggs; meat, meat preparations meat; fish fish; milk dairy sugar sugary products, honey, alcoholic beverages, cocoa coffee, other products), at national level same time makes a comparative look with groups market...

Dietary vitamin D may compensate for inadequate sun exposure; however, there have been few investigations into the vitamin D content of Australian foods. We measured vitamin D₃ and 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ (25(OH)D₃) in four species of white fish (barramundi, basa, hoki and king dory), and chicken eggs (cage and free-range), purchased from five Australian cities. Samples included local, imported an...

The present study investigated the reproductive biology of Stolephorus commersonnii and Amblygaster sirm at two landing sites in Tanga on northern coast Tanzania. Fish samples were collected a monthly basis from ringnets operated by artisanal fishers nearby coastal waters. Spawning seasons determined using gonadosomatic index (GSI) gonadal maturity stages. size first was 57.7 mm 66.2 total leng...

the aim of the present study was to isolate and identify parasites and saprophytes from fungal affected eggs of rainboe trout.the samples (n= 900) were obtained from six fish farm and transferred to mycology laboratory in stril tubes . the samples were inoculated in cculture media , (sda, cma, gpagar and hemp seeds cultures) at room temperature (18-24°c) . twelve species of fungi isolated from ...

The occurrence of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi as a new invasive species in the Baltic Sea and the potential consequences for fish stock recruitment was investigated in spring 2007. The study focused on the Bornholm Basin, which serves as the major spawning ground for cod and sprat, the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic. The distribution pattern of M. leidyi revealed a s...

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate spermatological parameters and fertilizing ability of short term stored semen in different extenders from endemic Abant trout (Salmo trutta abanticus T,1954). Semen was collected from 30 adult males by the hand stripping method without anesthesia. Having determined the main spermatological properties (volume, motility, movement duration, concentr...

Commercial fishing generally removes large and old individuals from fish stocks, reducing mean age and age diversity among spawners. It is feared that these demographic changes lead to lower and more variable recruitment to the stocks. A key proposed pathway is that juvenation and reduced size distribution causes reduced ranges in spawning period, spawning location, and egg buoyancy; this is pr...