| fish tissue quality in the lower mississippi river and health risks from fish consumption. | between 1990 and 1994, samples of three shellfish species (i.e. blue crab, callinectes sapidus;crayfish, procambarus acutis; and river shrimp, macrobrachium ohionii) and 16 fish species and were collected at six sites along the lower mississippi river by the louisiana department of environmental quality, office of water resources in coordination with the us environmental protection agency. the fish species included: bigmouth buffalo (ictiobus cyanellus); blue catfish (ictalurus furcatus); carp ( ... | 2003 | 12526903 |
| histological and computed tomographic evaluation of a parasitic conjoined twin in hybrid catfish (ictalurus punctatus [rafinesque] x ictalurus furcatus [lesueur]). | there is growing use of hybrid catfish (ictalurus punctatus ♀ x ictalurus furcatus ♂) in commercial aquaculture to utilize hybrid vigour to improve production a conjoined twin specimen found during the course of production studies by the united states department of agriculture catfish genetic research unit (usda-cgru) was submitted to the aquatic research and diagnostic laboratory (ardl). after preliminary inspection, it was transported to mississippi state university, college of veterinary medi ... | 2014 | 23991936 |
| snp discovery in wild and domesticated populations of blue catfish, ictalurus furcatus, using genotyping-by-sequencing and subsequent snp validation. | blue catfish, ictalurus furcatus, are valued in the united states as a trophy fishery for their capacity to reach large sizes, sometimes exceeding 45 kg. additionally, blue catfish × channel catfish (i. punctatus) hybrid food fish production has recently increased the demand for blue catfish broodstock. however, there has been little study of the genetic impacts and interaction of farmed, introduced and stocked populations of blue catfish. we utilized genotyping-by-sequencing (gbs) to capture an ... | 2014 | 24797164 |