Tuesday, February 22, 2011

RUSVM begins marine lab research

Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine’s (RUSVM), faculty member, Dr Esteban Soto, assistant professor of Bacteriology, has recently introduced an aqua animal laboratory to the campus. The new marine lab located below the campus Auditorium is home to approximately thirty aquariums where Soto and his team two student volunteers and two RUSVM laboratory staff will be exploring bacterial diseases in tilapia and other warm-water fish species.

Dr Soto and his research team has just started two new projects, one focused on the pathogenesis and tissue distribution of Francisella asiatica (a warm-water bacteria) in tilapia fingerlings (weight of 10-20 milligrams) and the second focused on the effects of temperature and salt concentration on Francisella asiatica infections in tilapia nilotica (Oreochromis niloticus).

Ultimately, the research team will be reviewing bacterial infections in tilapia and trying to understand what prohibits and inhibits the infectious capacity of these new bacteria in the fish host. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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