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... It is known that microplastics (MPs) are increasingly detected in aquatic environments (sea and fresh water), and the presence of these pollutants have worrying potential effects on the biota. This study is the first research to measure and characterize MPs in freshwater ecosystems (inland waters) in Turkey. Accordingly, the identification and characterization of MPs in the gastrointestinal system ...
... Pest carp species are a problem around the world, particularly in Australia where European carp (Cyprinus carpio) account for up to 90% of fish biomass in several major river systems. The Australian National Carp Control Plan investigated the feasibility of using a biological control agent (Cyprinid herpesvirus 3; CyHV-3) to control carp. CyHV-3 is a naturally occurring strain of carp herpesvirus, ...
... This study aimed to assess the ameliorative dietary effect of vitamin‐C against sodium fluoride (NaF)‐induced toxicity on growth and haemato‐biochemical parameters in Amur carp. A total of 150 fish (average body weight 169 ± 0.69 g) were randomly distributed into five groups (with three triplicates) including G1 (control); G2 (NaF exposure @100 ppm); G3 (vitamin‐C supplemented diet @100 ppm); G4 ( ...
Cyprinus carpio; antioxidants; apoptosis; carp; cytotoxicity; exposure models; heavy metals; immunology; kidneys; liver; oxidative stress; pollutants; protein synthesis; shellfish
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... As a kind of environmental pollutant, heavy metal Cadmium (Cd) exists widely in the environment. It is well known that Cd can accumulate and cause damage in liver, kidney and other organs. However, there are few studies on the immune cytotoxicity of Cd to fish. In particular, there are few studies on the toxicity of Cd to the head kidney lymphocytes of common carp. In order to further explore thes ...
... The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in various industries has experienced significant growth due to the advantages they offer, so the increase in their use has generated the continuous discharge of these products in numerous water bodies, which can affect the organisms that inhabit them. Previous studies have shown that Al is capable of producing oxidative stress in aquatic organisms; however, so far t ...
... Cadmium (Cd) is an environmental pollutant produced by industrial activities, which has no known physiological benefits to organisms. In our previous study, the transcriptomic profiles of carp head kidney exposed to Cd was analyzed by genomics technique, and confirmed that miRNAs are important in the head kidney injury of carp induced by Cd, but the specific biological mechanism was unclear. In or ...
... During evolution, the fish adopted versatile spawning tactics, which allowed them to use sperm competition effectively and prevent fertilization by inappropriate male gametes. Ovarian fluid (OF) affects spermatozoa performance in several fish species, as shown mainly in salmonids, and likely contributes to their reproductive tactics. Common carps utilize different spawning behavior compared to sal ...
... Stocking larger sized fish in fattening along with good aquaculture practices (GAP) are considered potentials for achieving sustainable and safe fish production under the climatically challenged drought-prone areas where the maintenance of optimal water level throughout the culture period is a real obstacle. To be sustainable, fattening requires optimal stocking density, as lower stocking density ...
... Edwardsiella ictaluri, a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen, is the causative agent of enteric septicemia in channel catfish, and catfish aquaculture in China suffers heavy economic losses due to E. ictaluri infection. Vaccination is an effective control measure for this disease. In this study, an attenuated E. ictaluri strain was acquired through deletion mutation of the T3SS protein eseJₑᵢ, an ...
... Fish fillets are susceptible to microbial spoilage during chilled storage. Green consumerism promotes the development of biodegradable, recyclable and environmentally friendly food packaging. The study selected three essential oils (EOs), i.e. thyme, oregano and pimento EO, with good antibacterial activity, to develop an EO-emulsion based alginate coating. A stable alginate coating with good antib ...
... Taraxacum mongolicum polysaccharide (TMP) is a highly effective anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agent, but it has not been studied in aquatic feed. Here, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary TMP on the growth, digestive enzyme activity, immune response, antioxidant status, and the NF-κB, Nrf2 and TOR signalling pathway-related genes in Jian carp. The juvenile fish w ...
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus; aquaculture; carbon; carp; catfish; fish farms; freshwater; genome; myo-inositol; nucleotide sequences; pathogens; pathotypes; phenotype; septicemia; spleen; China; Malaysia
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... A hypervirulent pathotype of A. hydrophila (vAh) is responsible for Motile Aeromonas Septicemia (MAS) and causes mass mortalities among farmed carp and catfish species in the USA and China. One unique phenotype for vAh among other A. hydrophila strains is the ability to utilize myo-inositol as a sole carbon source. While screening for Aeromonas isolates from diseased fish that can grow using myo-i ...
... Multiple-stage selection can, in certain circumstances, be adopted to enhance genetic gain in genetic improvement programs while avoiding the cost of assessing and maintaining all individuals for extended periods. The primary objective of the current study was to determine if multiple-stage selection can be used to enhance genetic gains in a family-based rohu (Labeo rohita) genetic improvement pro ...
... Artificial reproduction of northern pike Esox lucius is impeded by the likelihood of obtaining only a small volume of sperm of inconsistent quality. A controlled-release hormone delivery system has the potential to enhance sperm production while avoiding multiple injections The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (mGnRHa) incor ...
... The 65 days rearing experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of dietary methionine (Met) levels on growth performance and fillet quality of juveniles Yellow River carp, Cyprinus carpio haematopterus. Five diets containing 6.04 g/kg, 9.31 g/kg, 12.09 g/kg, 15.66 g/kg and 18.05 g/kg Met (Met 6.04, Met 9.31, Met 12.09, Met 15.66 and Met 18.05) were respectively fed to experimental carps ...
Labeo bata; body weight; cage culture; carp; economic analysis; fingerlings; fish production; floodplains; models; species diversity; specific growth rate; weight gain; wetlands; India
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... Indian minor carp Labeo bata fingerlings were reared in square shaped cages at different numbers to evaluate the effect of stocking density on growth, production and economics. Fifteen cages (5 × 5 × 2 m each) were installed in deeper areas (6–8 m) of Samaguri beel (a seasonally-flooded floodplain wetland) of Assam, India. The cages were stocked with L.bata (mean length 11.93 ± 0.20 cm; mean weigh ...
... The 8-week rearing trial was conducted to estimate the effect of dietary hydroxyproline (Hyp) supplementation on growth performance, amino acid profiles, fatty acid profiles, and collagen concentration in muscle samples, liquid holding capacity (LHC), pH, cooking loss and antioxidant activities in flesh of post-mortem, histomorphology, ultrastructure and molecular expression of muscle samples, and ...
... Integrated rice-carp farming is commonly employed on Hani terraces in China. However, the altitude within a Hani terrace can vary greatly, and thus the solutions for such a farming approach must vary with altitude. Research on common carp food sources in an integrated rice-carp farm at different altitudes helps to understand the food requirements of carp across periods and provides guidance for pr ...
... The fish pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila causes gastrointestinal tract infections and hemorrhagic septicemia and represents a widespread risk in aquaculture. This study aimed to determine whether compound probiotics could improve the intestinal barrier, immunity, and meat quality of common carp infected by A. hydrophila by feeding them compound probiotics. Carp were assigned to one of four groups: ( ...
aquaculture; carp; employment; fingerlings; income; nutrition; production technology; Bangladesh
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... Freshwater carp polyculture farming has grown an important production system in Bangladesh in terms of income, nutrition supply, and employment generations in past decades. This study determines the farm-level technical inefficiency along with yield gap and yield loss among a sample of 183 farms practicing carp polyculture in Bangladesh. The result of technical efficiency shows that the farmers ar ...
... The bioaccumulation of 12 perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in 107 freshwater fishes collected during 2017 in waterbodies of a contaminated area in Veneto Region (Italy) was evaluated. The contamination had been previously ascribed to a fluorochemical manufacturing plant that discharged mainly perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), among other PFASs, into the surrounding environment. Perfluorooctane sulfo ...
... The immune function operation of fish immune organs depends tightly on the immune organs' structural integrity which is mainly regulated by various biological respects such as oxidative status, apoptosis and tight junctions. Previous explorations have documented that dietary (2-carboxyethyl) dimethylsulfonium Bromide (Br-DMPT) intervention boosted fish growth in association with the strengthened i ...
Sierra M. Imanse; Chris L. Anchor; Gretchen C. Anchor; Jennifer A. Landolfi; Michael J. Kinsel; Jeffrey M. Levengood; Martha A. Delaney; Karen A. Terio
... Mercury (Hg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are widespread environmental toxicants in urban environments with negative impacts to fish health. The present study evaluated the potential association between muscle tissue contaminant (total Hg and total PCB) concentrations and indicators of health in benthic and predatory fish collected from four Forest Preserves of Cook County lakes in the Chi ...
... Peracetic acid (PAA) is a European Union Commission authorized disinfectant for use in animal health care. It has shown a strong inactivation potential for bacteria, viruses, fungi and bacterial spores. A stress-related adaptive response after an exposure to PAA has been described in different species of fish such as carp (Cyprinus carpio), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The present study ai ...
... Nanoplastics (NPs) existing in aquatic ecosystem is an emerging environmental pollutant, which has become a nagging serious environmental problem. Miniaturized plastic fragments with different diameters have different penetration capabilities to body tissues, and thus may have different toxicity to the target organs. However, the specific toxicological effects and mechanisms of NPs with different ...
... The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an activation solution (AS) (hatchery water (pH 7.9 and 4 mOsm/kg), Perchec solution (5 mM KCl, 45 mM NaCl, 30 mM Tris-HCl; pH 8.0 and 130 mOsm/kg) and Cheng solution (40 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris; pH 8.0 and 100 mOsm/kg) on aging sperm of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) after storage in a carp artificial seminal plasma (carp ASP: 2 mM CaCl₂, 1 mM ...
... As selective breeding programs are time-consuming and expensive, it is critical that clients preferred traits are accurately identified. This is important to achieve value for money and adoption of selectively improved fish, and an essential foundation for effective contributions of genetic improvements to farming system. Data on fish trait preferences of smallholder farmers are rare; when these d ...
Barbonymus gonionotus; Hypsibarbus; aquaculture; carp; crossing; diet; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; enzymes; fish oils; health status; hybrid species; larvae; lemons; lipid metabolism; liver; palm oils; Malaysia
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... Hybrid lemon fin barb is a novel carp species produced in Malaysia crossing lemon fin barb (Hypsibarbus wetmorei, ♂) and silver barb (Barbonymus gonionotus, ♀). As the delicious wild H. wetmorei is being overexploited, this new hybrid species is produced, filling the production gap in Malaysian aquaculture. The hybrid larvae in our previous study showed high tolerance to bacterial diseases and rev ...
... Two 45‐day experiments were conducted to substitute the de‐oiled rice bran (DORB) with Khejri pod meal (KPM) and groundnut oilcake (GNOC) with Khejri seed meal (KSM) in the diet of rohu, Labeo rohita. In the first experiment, diets comprised 0, 50, 100 and 150 g KPM kg⁻¹ diet and denoted as CP, KPM₅, KPM₁₀ and KPM₁₅, respectively, while in the second experiment, the diets contained 0, 50, 100 and ...
... The development of functional meat sausages with new sources of fiber ingredients is progressing day by day. In this study, functional sausages developed with Indian major carp, Rohu fish mince that could increase dietary fiber intake through consumption. Different levels of oat fiber (2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10% w/w) was incorporated in fish mince emulsified with 8% (w/w) cod liver oil and 8% (w/w) st ...
... Carp has a wide range of edible value. As a vital organ that plays a crucial role in the innate immunity and respiratory system, gill may cause pollutants to enter fish during gas exchange. The negative effects of arsenic (As) pollution in the aquaculture industry cannot be ignored. Zinc (Zn) has the potential to replace endogenous antioxidants. This study aimed to investigate the comprehensive ef ...
Oreochromis niloticus; Tilapia lake virus; carp; catfish; fish culture; host specificity; monitoring; mortality; pathogens; Bangladesh
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... Sixteen countries, including Bangladesh, have reported the presence of tilapia lake virus (TiLV), an emerging tilapia pathogen. Fish polyculture is a common farming practice in Bangladesh. Some unusual mortalities reported in species co‐cultivated with TiLV‐infected tilapia led us to investigate whether any of the co‐cultivated species would also test positive for TiLV and whether they were suscep ...
... Glyphosate (GLY) is the most widely used organophosphorus herbicide in agriculture. The present study aimed to analyze the comprehensive toxicological effects of GLY on juvenile common carp and an epithelioma papulosum cyprinid (EPC) cell line. In the in vivo experiments, exposure to GLY (5 and 15 mg/L) for 30 days induced liver inflammation and oxidative damage in common carp and changed the phys ...
... Arsenic (As) pollution is ubiquitous in water, which shows immunotoxicity to aquatic organisms. As an indispensable regulator of gene transcription and enzymatic modification, zinc (Zn) may play a preventive and therapeutic effect on As toxicity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interactions of As and Zn on the head kidney of common carp Cyprinus carpio. Herein the carp were treate ...
... Spring viraemia of carp virus (SVCV), an important aquatic rhabdoviruses, causing devastating mortality in various carp species and other cultivated fish. In our previous studies, 4′-(8-Imidazole-octyloxy)-arctigenin (6A) with an eight carbon atoms of linker showed the higher activity against SVCV in EPC cells, based on the structure-activity relationship of 35 arctigenin derivatives. In this stud ...
... Genetic modification (GM) offers an alternative strategy to conventional animal breeding. The present study was carried out to investigate the potential health effects of the consumption of growth hormone-transgenic triploid carp (GH-ttc) through a 90-day subchronic rodent feeding study. Wistar rats (n = 10/sex/group) were given formulated diets containing GH-ttc or non-GM carp at an incorporated ...
... Gut microbiome homeostasis is critical in preventing diseases. However, the effect of disease on gut microbiota assembly remains unclear. At present, there are no reports on the composition and functional analysis of intestinal microbiota of Indian major carp, rohu (L. rohita) infected with ectoparasite, Argulus. In this study, we analysed and compared the intestinal microbiota of healthy and Argu ...
... Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is an organophosphate pesticide that is frequently and widely used to control both agricultural and domestic pests worldwide. In this study, the protective effect of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) essential oil (FEO) was investigated in carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to CPF. The fish were divided into six groups that one control group (no treatment) and five experimental groups (FE ...
... Tyrp1 gene, as a member of the tyrosinase family, has undergone a recent duplication event during fourth‐round whole genome duplication in common carp. In this research, three Tyrp1 genes were identified in Oujiang‐color common carp (Cyprinus carpio var. color). The similar expression patterns and close phylogenetic relationship indicated that Tyrp1c is homologous to Tyrp1b and possibly originated ...
... Asian carp, which are widely distributed in Asia and Europe, are nutritious and popular with consumers. In China, Asian carp is a tasty dish and has been consumed for thousands of years. However, they are considered aggressive invasive species that threaten rivers, lakes, and indigenous species in the United States. Asian carp have proliferated greatly in the water basin of the Mississippi River a ...
Cyprinus carpio; albumins; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; aquaculture feeds; aspartate transaminase; body weight; carp; catalase; chickens; circular economy; enzymatic hydrolysis; experimental diets; feed intake; fish meal; glutathione peroxidase; growth performance; interleukin-10; intestines; malondialdehyde; occludins; protein content; protein efficiency ratio; protein sources; radio; shellfish; trypsin; weight gain
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... Promoting circular economy by transforming food residues into alternative high-value protein sources for aquaculture feed is a new way to develop alternative raw materials for fishmeal. This study systematically evaluated the effects of chicken intestinal hydrolysates (CIH) on the intestinal immune health of common carp through growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal immunity anal ...
... Immunization strategy involving the multiple antigens can be useful in eliciting immune responses against different pathogens. In this study, attempt has been made to assess the immune responses in Indian major carp, rohu (Labeo rohita), against multiple antigenic preparations involving particulate antigens of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus and the extracellular protein (ECP) ant ...
... A 10-week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of individual and combined inclusion of phytase and protease on the growth performance, digestive ability, immune response and muscle amino acid profile of gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) fed low phosphorus (LP) and/or low fish meal (LFM) diets. Seven experimental diets were designed: 1) Normal diet [PC, 15 g/kg Ca(H₂PO₄)₂ and ...
... The present study aimed at assessing the effects of addition of thymol [0 (T0), 2.5 mg/L (T2.5), 5 mg/L (T5) and 10 mg/L (T10)] to water on biochemical and antioxidant responses of common carp, Cyprinus carpio, during 3‐h transportation. The lowest dissolved oxygen and ammonia levels after transportation were related to T2.5 and T5 treatments respectively. T5 treatment exhibited lower cortisol/glu ...
... The risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in aquatic organisms is a global concern. In this study, we investigated the toxic effects of different doses of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) on Cyprinus carpio in microcosms from the following aspects: superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) content in the gill, liver, and gonad; glutathione s-transferase (GST), ...
... Cadmium (Cd)-caused water environment pollution has become a matter of concern. Gill is an organ with respiratory and mucosal immune functions, and is also one of the organs directly attacked by pollutants. It was found that excess Cd could cause Cd accumulation and gill injury in carp. However, the mechanism of Cd-caused damage in common carp gills is still unclear. Oxidative stress, immunosuppre ...
... Carbonylcyanide-3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) is a protonophore, which causes uncoupling of proton gradient in the inner mitochondrial membrane, thus inhibiting the rate of ATP synthesis. However, this information is manly derived from mammals, while its effects on the mitochondrial homeostasis of aquatic animals are largely unknown. In this study, the mitochondrial homeostasis of a carp fish Meg ...
... Tilapia tilapinevirus, also known as tilapia lake virus (TiLV), is an emerging fish virus that primarily affects tilapines. However, the virus has also been detected in a few non-tilapines. As tilapia is generally farmed in polyculture systems along with carps in South Asian countries, there is a likelihood that TiLV-infected tilapia can transmit the virus to the co-cultured species. In view of th ...
... Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian) is an economically important cultured fish in China. Currently, it is facing threats from infectious diseases including koi herpesvirus (KHV). Here, we established a new cell line, designated CCB-J, derived from the brain tissue of the Jian carp. CCB-J cells grew well in Leibovitz’s L-15 medium containing 20% fetal bovine serum at 25 °C and have been subcultur ...
Cyprinus carpio; aquaculture; carp; caspase-8; chlorpyrifos; histopathology; inflammation; mitogen-activated protein kinase; necroptosis; necrosis; protein synthesis; toxicity; toxicology
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... Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is an organophosphate insecticide and can cause cell death of animals. In the study, the common carp were exposed to CPF at 0 μg/L (the control group), 1.16 μg/L (the low dose group), 11.6 μg/L (the medium dose group), and 116 μg/L (the high dose group), respectively. The carp were euthanized at the 30th day and gills were collected immediately. The ultrastructural and histopath ...
... Arsenic (As) contamination in water bodies has adverse effects on aquatic organisms. Zinc (Zn), as an important enzyme cofactor and efficient reactive oxygen species scavenger, plays an indispensable role in cellular homeostasis and biological functions. However, there has been less investigation on AsZn interaction in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). We hypothesize that Zn is a candidate for the tr ...
Gymnocephalus cernua; carp; habitats; human chorionic gonadotropin; invasive species; oocytes; ovulation; sexual maturity; sperm motility; spermiation; Eurasia; North America
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... Although ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua) are widely distributed in Eurasia, in some regions (i.e., North America) ruffe are considered an invasive species. There have been no reports on artificial reproduction of this species. A study, therefore, was conducted to evaluate reproduction of ruffe with results of specimens captured from their natural habitat and cultured (F₁ generation) specimens being c ...
Ze Lin-Zhao; Bin Tong-Yang; Yang Yi-Xuan; Song Ning-Guo; Dong Xing-Zhang; Sheng Nan-Ji; Bing Lv; Yuan Huan-Kang; Xiao Feng-Shan; Qiu Mei-Shi; Wu Wen-Sun; Ai Dong-Qian
... Despite advancements in diagnosis and control, Aeromonas infections are considered the leading cause of economic aquaculture loss. In this study, to enhance DNA vaccine efficacy against Aeromonas infections, a fused DNA fragment (1504 bp) of the OmpAI gene from Aeromonas veronii (A. veronii) combined with the C5–I gene from the common carp was generated with splicing by overlapping PCR (SOE-PCR) a ...
Cyprinid herpesvirus 3; Cyprinus carpio; basins; biomass; carp; control methods; databases; indigenous species; risk management; rivers; streams; surface water; water quality; Australia
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... Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are one of the world's most destructive vertebrate pests. In Australia, they dominate many aquatic ecosystems causing a severe threat to aquatic plants, invertebrates, water quality, native fish and social amenity. The Australian Government is considering release of cyprinid herpesvirus-3 (CyHV-3) as a control measure and consequently a robust, continental-scale estim ...
... An experiment was carried out for quality seed production of indigenous climbing perch, Anabas testudineus using cross breeding technique. Live fingerlings of A. testudineus were collected from three wild sources such as Kailla beel of Mymensingh (Mk), Salakandi beel of Mymensingh (Ms) and Shamganj beel of Netrokona (Ns) of Bangladesh. The collected wild A. testudineus were separately reared for a ...
... Labeo rohita, one of the Indian major carps, is the most popular culture species in Indian subcontinent due to its consumer preference and delicacy. A selective breeding program for harvest body weight has resulted in an average genetic gain of 17% per generation. Transcriptome resource for this species is scanty. Here, we have characterized the liver and muscle transcriptomes of rohu using Roche ...
... As a small farmed fish, Opsariichthys bidens shows sex phenotypic difference between male and female individuals, but the molecular mechanism of gonadal development is still unclear. This study performed transcriptome sequencing on the adult testis and ovary of O. bidens to identify sex-related genes. A total of 50,321 unigenes were obtained from six libraries of gonadal tissues, with a total leng ...
... This study aims to obtain the best dose of clove extract anesthetic in the transportation of carp (Cyprinus carpio) from suppliers to consumers in the supply chain of carp. Alive, healthy, and not defective carp from the Fish Seed Center with 3-5 cm size were used as objects in this study. Carp fish bag and 50 x 35 x 30 cm Styrofoam boxes were used as containers which were placed randomly during t ...
carp; electrical conductivity; fish ponds; mobile telephones; model validation; neural networks; pH; pollution; research; turbidity; water quality
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... In this research, a new android app for smartphones for estimating some water quality parameters in carp fish ponds such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), and turbidity is presented. Contact imaging was used to acquire images from the samples. To estimate pH, EC, TDS, and turbidity values, 12 features were extracted from each image. Features were used as input to t ...
... A ten-week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of the supplementation of Clostridium autoethanogenum protein (CAP) in practical diets on the growth performance, serum chemical parameters, antioxidant status and histopathological examination of the liver and midgut in juvenile Jian carp. Five isnitrogenous and isenergetic diets were formulated with graded levels of CAP (0, 50, 10 ...
... Intensive aquaculture supports higher production per unit of area, but it may be associated by stress and health problems in fish. Thus, researches are continuing to find applicable methods for suppressing such negative effects. Dietary supplementation with medicinal plant is known as a promising method in this field. Accordingly, the present study aimed at assessing the benefits of dietary Artemi ...
... Hypoxia is a common stressor in aquaculture systems, which causes severe physiological disturbances, ultimately leading to mortality or reduced productivity. Arginine, as a precursor of NO, has a role in enhancing oxygen delivery. Thus, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary arginine (Arg) in Cirrhinus mrigala exposed to hypoxia. The fish were fed with different levels of ar ...
... The present study demonstrates the effects of varying dietary protein levels on reproductive indices, energy deposition, steroid hormones and oocyte status of hoven’s carp Leptobarbus hoevenii female broodstock. Eighty-one broodstock (1.86 ± 0.02 kg) were randomly distributed into nine tanks representing three dietary treatments; 350 g/kg (P35), 400 g/kg (P40) and 450 g/kg (P45) in triplicates. Fe ...
... As the use of pesticides increases year after year, so does the level of residual pesticides in the aquatic environment, posing a serious threat to non-target organisms. Difenoconazole (DFZ), a class of long-lasting fungicides and residues in the marine environment, has been shown to cause damaging effects on different organs of aquatic organisms. However, there is no research on the damage of DFZ ...
... Occurrence of metacercariae of potentially zoonotic trematodes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in the musculature of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L. 1758) was monitored in four Hungarian aquacultures. Four geographically distinct fish farms (located in the Northwestern, Southwestern, Northeastern and Southeastern parts of Hungary) were selected for the investigation. From each farm, a total of 258 one- ...
Cyprinus carpio; ambient water quality; carp; community structure; genomics; intestinal microorganisms; intestines; juveniles; sediments; Yellow River
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... Water quality parameter dynamics, gut, sediment and water bacteria communities were studied to understand the environmental influence on the gut microbial community of a new strain of Huanghe common carp. A total of 3,384,078 raw tags and 5105 OTUs were obtained for the gut, water and sediment bacteria. The water quality had a stronger influence on the water bacteria community than gut and sedimen ...
... Carp polyculture emerged as a promising practice for the development of aquaculture in Bangladesh in recent years. However, the economic potentiality of carp polyculture relied on the profitability and inputs use pattern. Therefore, this study investigated the economic viability of carp polyculture farming, particularly focused on profitability, profit sensitivity, economies of scale, and liquidit ...
Cyprinus carpio; Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; alkalinity; ammonium nitrogen; amylases; biofloc technology; biomass; body condition; body weight; carbohydrates; carp; chemical oxygen demand; chlorophyll; diet; digestive enzymes; enzyme activity; feed conversion; filter feeding; nitrate nitrogen; nitrite nitrogen; nitrogen; orthophosphates; pH; protein content; proteinases; survival rate; water quality; water temperature
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... A 90-day experiment was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of bio-floc on water quality and the production performance of bottom and filter feeder carp fed with different protein levels in a pond polyculture system. For this purpose, three bioflocs treatments with carbohydrate referred to as ‘BFT-24% (24% feed protein)’, ‘BFT-27% (27% feed protein)’ and ‘BFT-30% (30% feed protein)’ ...
Hypselobarbus; aquaculture; carp; cement; condition factor; fingerlings; research
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... The present study was undertaken to generate first time information on the optimal stocking density for fry to fingerling rearing of Hypselobarbus pulchellus. Rearing was carried out for 90 days at stocking densities of 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105 and 120 fish/m² in 24 m² cement tanks. While the length of fish at harvest ranged from 3.42 cm in 120/m² to 6.11 cm in 15/m² densities, the weight range ...
Cyprinus carpio; alanine transaminase; albumins; alkaline phosphatase; aquaculture; aspartate transaminase; blood serum; body weight changes; carp; feed additives; feed conversion; feed intake; glucose; interleukin-10; interleukin-2; kidneys; lysozyme; malondialdehyde; nitric oxide; protein content; protein efficiency ratio; regression analysis; research; specific growth rate; spleen; superoxide dismutase; transcription factor NF-kappa B
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... In order to evaluate the protect effects of γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the growth, serum biochemical indexes, immune‐related signalling molecules of Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian), fish were randomly divided into 6 groups, which fed six diets with different GABA levels (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 mg/kg) for 8 weeks, respectively. The results indicated the following: body weight gain, spe ...
... Proanthocyanidins are polyphenol compounds that can be found in some plants and their fruits. In this study, the effects of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE) as a dietary antioxidant supplement were evaluated on growth performance, serum biochemical properties (including glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride), fillet proximate composition (crude protein, lipid, moisture, and ash), and li ...
... To investigate the effects of different calcium salts on the physicochemical properties of myosin, the intermolecular interactions, particle size, surface hydrophobicity, reactive sulfhydryl group content and rheological properties of sliver carp myosin with the addition of four different kinds of calcium salts (CaCl₂, calcium citrate (CC), nano-hydroxyapatite (HAP), tricalcium phosphate (TCP)) du ...
... In order to further explain the fillet texture improvement of Yellow River carp (Cyprinus carpio) fed with faba bean (Vicia faba L.), a three-month rearing trial was conducted to investigate fatty acid composition, antioxidant capacity, myofiber development, collagen deposition and transcriptome in white muscle of two farmed carp groups (One was fed only faba bean, the other was fed commercial die ...
... The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of nonstarch polysaccharide (NSP) hydrolase (primarily xylanase and β‐glucanase), present in plant protein‐based diets, on growth, nutrient digestibility, and protease/amylase activity of Yellow River carp, Cyprinus carpio var.. Six hundred fish were randomly allocated to four groups in five replicates and fed diets with different NSP enzyme le ...
... Four month feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of a vitamin-mineral based nutraceutical conglomerate on Labeo rohita fingerlings (Hamilton, 1822) exposed to different stressors like crowding (normal stocking density NSD, 10 number of fish in 75 L water or high stocking density, HSD, 20 number of fish in 75 L water) and feed restriction (satiation feeding, SF or restricted feeding, R ...
... In this research, the effects and action mechanism of tea polyphenols (TP) on the quality of common carp meat during the freezing process were investigated. During the freezing process, TP could reduce the thawing loss of carp meat and improve its texture properties. Moreover, TP showed the remarkable capability to inhibit protein denaturation and enhance the thermal stability of the myofibrillar ...
... The purpose of this article is to study the effect of the probiotic on experimental infections of carp's fingerlings with Lactococcus garvieae. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) (Lactobacillus fermentum 24с, Pediococcus pentosaceus 10/9к, Lactobacillus paracasei 9c) for the probiotic were previously isolated from the intestines of mature carps from Maybalyk commercial fisheries, which provided fingerling ...
Cyprinus carpio; Esox lucius; administrative management; carp; ecosystems; habitats; immigration; indicator species; invasive species; migratory behavior; solar radiation; sonar; spring; vegetation; water temperature; waterfowl; wetlands; Lake Erie
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... Restoration of wetlands in the Laurentian Great Lakes is designed to improve numerous ecosystem services including nutrient sequestration, support recreational uses, augment waterfowl habitat, and provide spawning and nursery habitat for fish. These projects often use Northern Pike Esox lucius, as a sentinel species for assessing restoration success because of their obligate use of emergent and su ...
... Although the debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in fish species has been studied, environmental factors, such as chemical contamination and habitat temperature, have not been well understood. This study compared debromination of BDE209 by hepatic microsomes of wild and cultured fish. PBDE concentrations in muscle tissue were lower in cultured fish than in wild fish. Debrominat ...
Cyprinus carpio; Oreochromis niloticus; administrative management; aquatic ecosystems; biochemical oxygen demand; carp; decline; digestive system; environmental health; indigenous species; invasive species; phosphates; phytoplankton; river flow; rivers; sex ratio; water quality; zooplankton; India
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... The catch pattern of the exotic Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) and their relationship with water quality along with maturity status of fishes were assessed during 2017-2019 to understand overall establishment and impact of the species in Buxar stretch of River Ganga in West Bihar, India. A total of 64 fish species were recorded including two exotic fishes (C. carpio and Oreochromis niloticus) from ...
... The present investigation was conducted to determine the optimal dietary copper requirement of fingerling Labeo rohita (6.5 ± 0.13 cm; 2.46 ± 0.09 g) by feeding seven isonitrogenous (350 g kg⁻¹ crude protein) and isoenergetic (16.7 kJ g⁻¹ gross energy) experimental diets with different concentrations of copper (3.11, 3.63, 4.12, 4.64, 6.13, 9.19 and 15.11 mg kg⁻¹). Each experimental diet was hand- ...
... Six experimental isonitrogenous (380 g kg‐¹ crude protein) and isolipidic (80 g kg‐¹) diets were formulated for juvenile carp Cyprinus carpio. The fish meal protein component of a basal diet (control treatment) was effectively replaced by yeast protein concentrate unrefined (YPCU), yeast protein concentrate refined (YPCR), yeast protein concentrate potable alcohol (YPCPA) at 300 g kg‐¹ of total di ...
... Lithium (Li) is ingested by the animal body and will be distributed throughout the body fluid environment. The model of carp with lithium exposing was established to study the effects of Li on oxidative damage and inflammatory response to kidneys. The histological analysis showed that the kidney inherent structure of the Li poisoning group was destroyed and the inflammatory cells were infiltrated. ...
... Gut microbiota of freshwater carps are often investigated for their roles in nutrient absorption, enzyme activities and probiotic properties. However, little is known about core microbiota, assembly pattern and the environmental influence on the gut microbiota of the Indian major carp, rohu. The gut microbial composition of rohu reared in different culture conditions was analysed by 16S rRNA ampli ...
... The immunoglobulin (Ig) is a crucial component of adaptive immune system in vertebrates including teleost fish. Here complete cDNA sequence of IgD heavy chain gene from common carp (Cyprinus carpio) was cloned and analyzed. The full-length cDNA of IgD heavy chain gene contained an open reading frame (ORF) of 2460 bp encoding 813 amino acids. According to amino acids sequence, multiple alignment an ...
... Dactylogyrus is one of the major parasites ubiquitously present in the aquatic environment causing severe economic loss. The present study documented a new species of Dactylogyrus from India infecting the Indian major carp, i.e. rohu (Labeo rohita) both in natural and experimental conditions. The 18 s and 28 s rDNA sequence analyses revealed the present isolate of having 99.29% and 96.21% sequence ...
... G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER1) plays a crucial role in the regulation of non-genomic estrogen effect. However, the research about fish GPER1 is still limited. The present study aims to obtain the full-length sequence of gper1 from red common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and characterize its expression pattern, and to further explore its potential role in regulating the environmental estro ...
... Gelatin was extracted from carp skin and reticulated with gallic acid; afterward, gelatin samples were crosslinked with addition of chitosan produced from shrimp waste and, bleached oil and free fatty acids (FFA) extracted from tuna heads. Carp gelatin showed good yield (20.4%), hydroxyproline content of 13.8% and high gel strength (245 g). Chitosan presented 85%DD and MW of 159 kDa, and the tuna ...
... In this study, gelatin extracted from silver carp skin was hydrolysed by different enzymes (alcalase, papain and flavourzyme), aiming to improve the storage stability of unwashed fish mince during freeze‐thaw cycles. Flavourzyme hydrolysates exhibited the highest DPPH• scavenging activity (1.2‐fold of alcalase, 1.6‐fold of papain) and reducing ability (1.2‐fold of alcalase, 2.3‐fold of papain), wh ...
Gulmira Shalgimbayeva; Alexander Volkov; Natalia Slobodova; Fedor Sharko; Svetlana Tsygankova; Eugenia Boulygina; Van Q. Nguyen; The T. Pham; Duc T. Nguyen; Saule Zh. Assylbekova; Yakov Alekseev; Artem Nedoluzhko; Jorge M. O. Fernandes; Sergey Rastorguev
Cyprinus carpio; ancestry; aquaculture; carp; fish production; freshwater fish; genotype; taxonomy; trade; South East Asia; Western European region
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... Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a widespread freshwater fish species of the Cyprinidae family, one of the largest and most diverse fish families. The natural habitats of C. carpio extend from Western Europe to South-East Asia. Common carp has remained an economically important fish species in aquaculture for many centuries and its production nowadays exceeds 4 million tons worldwide and continues ...
Artem V. Nedoluzhko; Maria V. Gladysheva-Azgari; Gulmira M. Shalgimbayeva; Alexander A. Volkov; Natalia V. Slobodova; Svetlana V. Tsygankova; Eugenia S. Boulygina; Van Q. Nguyen; The T. Pham; Duc T. Nguyen; Fedor S. Sharko; Sergey M. Rastorguev
... At least three subspecies of the common carp, namely, Cyprinus carpio carpio, C. carpio haematopterus, and C. carpio viridiviolaceus, have been described to date. These subspecies natively inhabit Ponto-Caspian and Far Eastern regions, as well as northern Vietnam, but they have also been introduced into aquaculture in almost every region of the world where the environmental conditions are suitable ...
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; aquaculture; body length; carp; cell proliferation; fillets; genome-wide association study; genomics; genotyping; head; linkage groups; marker-assisted selection; markets; morphometry; skeletal development; China
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... Head-related traits are economically important in fish because they will essentially affect fillet yields. Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) is an important aquaculture fish, and interestingly its head has higher culinary and market values than its fillet in China. In this study, using 776 bighead carp individuals and high-throughput SNP genotyping technology, we performed genome-wide asso ...
Cyprinus carpio; carp; embryogenesis; gene expression; genes; oligonucleotides; sexual development; sexual dimorphism
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... Common carp is the fourth most cultivated fish species in the world. Sexually dimorphic growth of common carp makes its sex differentiation an important research topic. The main objective of this study was to investigate the role of germ cells in sex differentiation of common carp. We generated the germ cell-deficient common carp through knocking down dead end gene with a morpholino antisense olig ...
biphenyl; body size; bromination; carp; electronic wastes; environmental assessment; lipid content; piscivores; pollution; polybrominated biphenyls; risk; risk assessment; wildlife; China
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... The crude e-waste recycling has been regulated in China since the late 2000s; however, information on the recent levels and the ecological risks of e-waste derived contaminants such as halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in the e-waste sites are limited. We therefore examined the concentrations of several HFRs in wild, prey-sized mud carps collected from a typical e-waste site in 2006, 2011 and 20 ...
... Variation in food-chain length may influence a predator’s trophic position. In aquatic food webs, the energy value of prey typically increases with its trophic rank; hence a higher trophic-level diet is often assumed to indicate better habitat quality. We related the body and health condition of pre-fledged Red-necked Grebes Podiceps grisegena to their dietary trophic level (estimated using stable ...
Cyprinus carpio; Enterobacteriaceae; ash content; carp; crude protein; foods; histology; muscles; technology; water activity; water content
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... The objective of the study was to determine the effect of freezing at –18°C on the histological structure and some physicochemical and microbiological indicators of carp (Cyprinus carpio) dorsal and abdominal muscles. The muscles showed damage after freezing once and twice, but they were more significantly deformed and destructured after double freezing. Water content, crude protein, and fat showe ...
... Bioluminescence of a number of marine organisms is conditioned by Ca²⁺-regulated photoprotein (CaRP) with coelenterazine as the reaction substrate. The reaction product, coelenteramide, at the first singlet excited state (S₁) is the emitter of CaRP. The S₁-state coelenteramide is produced via the decomposition of coelenterazine dioxetanone. Experiments suggested that the neutral S₁-coelenteramide ...
... We developed an infrared (IR)-based real-time online monitoring device (US Patent No: US 10,571,448 B2) to quantify heart electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to assess the water quality based on physiological changes in fish. The device is compact, allowing us to monitor cardiac function for an extended period (from 7 to 30 days depending on the rechargeable battery capacity) without function injury a ...
carp; decision support systems; food availability; habitats; models; satellites; surveys; water quality; wetlands
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... The main focus of the current study is on assessing the habitability of some selected fishes in the Indo-Bangladesh barind tract wetland in pursuance of damming using hydrological components such as hydro-period, water depth, and water presence consistency deriving from satellite images. For pre-dam and post-dam periods, a rule-based decision tree modeling approach was used to integrate the aforem ...
I. Upadhyaya; K. Arsi; A. Fanatico; B. Wagle; S. Shrestha; A. Upadhyay; C.N. Coon; C.M. Owens; B. Mallmann; J. Caldas-Cueva; M.N. Riaz; M.B. Farnell; D.J. Donoghue; A.M. Donoghue
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; body weight; breast meat; breasts; carcass weight; carp; diet; fish meal; flavor; human health; invasive species; juiciness; meat quality; methionine; mouthfeel; organic production; pH; poultry production; ready-to-cook foods; research; soybean meal
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... Novel protein feeds are needed in ecological and organic poultry production to supply natural sources of amino acids, particularly methionine. Synthetic amino acids are increasingly banned in certified organic production. Carp is an invasive fish in the United States and its harvest can help provide natural source of methionine, while reducing an undesirable population. In our previous study, we f ...