the present study investigated the effects of prebiotic (α-mune), a mixture of mannan oligosaccharide, β-1,3 and β-1,6 glucan, on the growth performance, haematology and innate immunity of beluga sturgeon ( huso huso ) juvenile. fish (46±3 g) were allocated into 12 tanks (15 fish per tank) and triplicate groups were fed a control diet or diets containing 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 g kg -1 prebiotic for 4...

Background The objective of the present study was to evaluate the growth performance and feed utilization of African catfish fed a commercial diet and reared in Clarias gariepinus the biofloc system enhanced with probiotic. Methods The treatment was the frequency of probiotic application into the cultured system, namely, 5-day interval, 10-day interval, and 15-day interval for 60 days of experi...

The present study aimed to describe and characterize the cellular components during the evolution of chronic granulomatous inflammation in the teleost fish pacus (P. mesopotamicus) induced by Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), using S-100, iNOS and cytokeratin antibodies. 50 fish (120±5.0 g) were anesthetized and 45 inoculated with 20 μL (40 mg/mL) (2.0 x 10(6) CFU/mg) and five inoculated with sal...

In an effort to further expand the impact of VR technology, we developed a new implementation of an existing technique that allows widely accessible consumer-level tablets to display perspectivecorrected 3D (Fish Tank Virtual Reality or FTVR) images. To assess the usability of the technique, we conducted a human study using a visual search task previously developed for desktop FTVR systems. We ...

Susceptibility of the goldfish to infection with the newly hatched second stage larvae of Contracaecum rudolphii was investigated under laboratory condition. A week after the larvae had been placed in the fish tank, the autopsied goldfish showed the nematodes in their intestine lumen. The majority of the larvae were dead. In week 2 and 3 of exposure, the larvae were being found exclusively in t...

Grounding facilities, including high-voltage DC grounding electrodes and auxiliary anodes in impressed current cathodic protection systems, inject into the ground. This study developed an experimental platform to determine safe limit of density for such facilities through analysis fish behavior on platform. Zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) were selected experiment placed a tank; two rod used direc...

Background: Copper is a trace element vital to life, but the toxic effect of water pollution with it on fish is now exhibited. Fish blood is susceptible to contaminationinduced stress and its alternation due to the hematological and immunological parameters can be utilized as toxicity indices of xenobiotics. Methods: In this study, juvenile species of silver carp with average weight of 200gr we...

The breathtaking motions of natural groups such as bird flocks and fish schools have been a major inspiration for research in the development of control algorithms for multi-robot systems. A main thrust of research in this area is to understand how the interconnections among individual behaviors result in high-performing group behaviors. In this dissertation, we are concerned with how individua...

    An 8-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary commercial prebiotic A-Max, a mixture of mannan oligosaccharides, fructo oligosaccharides and β glucan, on growth and hemato-immunological parameters of great sturgeon (Huso huso) juveniles. After acclimation, fish (initial weight of 28.79±0.85 g) were placed into 12 tanks (30 fish per tank). Basal diet (containing 44%...

  To determine the best live food and to reevaluate the optimal weaning period for beluga fish (Huso huso) larvae, seven experimental diets: Daphina (DP), Chironomids (CH), Gammarid (G), Daphina + formulated diet (DPFD), Chironomids + formulated diet (CHFD), Gammarid + formulated diet (GFD ) and formulated diet (FD ) in triplicate groups were fed to 4662 sixteen-days-old larvae which were captu...