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Design of airlift pumps for water circulation and aeration in aquaculture

Water flow rates were measured in airlift pumps 3·75-30 cm in diameter to develop performance data that might be useful to aquaculturists. Flows were determined when submergence of airlifts was 100% and when the center-line of the discharge was between 12·5 cm above and 5 cm below the water surface. Air was injected at 15-cm intervals from 15 cm to 120 cm below the discharge of the airlift and air
Authors
N. C. Parker, M. A. Suttle

Dipigmented skin lesions (stripedness) in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

A pigmentation anomaly appearing as white stripes or spots in one group of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, was found to be a non-inheritable trait. We suspect, therefore, that the depigmentation was induced by environmental conditions or by a pathogen, but tests for bacterial and viral agents were negative.
Authors
N. C. Parker, Gerald T. Klar

Future of the NFHRL biologics program

No abstract available.
Authors
G. L. Bullock

Immunostimulation of antibody-producing cells and humoral antibody to fish bacterins by a biological response modifier

Numbers of splenic antibody-producing cells and humoral antibody titres were elevated during immunization regimes in rainbow trout when the bacterins Yersinia ruckeri or Aeromonas salmonicida O-antigen preparations were mixed with the immunostimulator FK-565. Fish sampled 14 days after injection showed a marked increase in the immune response when doses of 5, 10 or 100 μg of antigen were used. The
Authors
T. Kitao, T. Yoshida, D. P. Anderson, O. W. Dixon, A. Blanch