China Aquaculture Forum suggests „farewell“ to antibiotic era

Experts at the forum deplored that presently 50 % of marine aquaculture is lost by diseases. Due to the wide use of antibiotics and synthetic drugs, China exports only limited aquaculture products. A change to vaccines such as the Edwardsiella tarda attenuated live...

Much discussion about transgenic rice in food

A test by the Ministry of Agriculture to have pigs fed for 90 days with transgenic rice, in order to proof the safety of the product, has led as much to critizism expressed in blogs as a transgenic rice lunch in public by members of the CAS. Whereas governmental...

ECUST team develops vaccine to protect turbot

A team at East-China University of Science and Technology has developed a vaccine against Vibrio anguillarum, the major agent of turbot infections in aquaculture. At present, 50 % of all fishes in Chinese aquaculture are reported to be infected, and loss is 30 %....