final Flashcards
what is the water quality for carp and trout?
carp: 15-30oC
truth 2-18C
ammonia
acute poisoning: 0.8-2 = neurological signs
chronic poisoning: 0.2 = poor growth, severe gill damage
which fish is very sensitive to hypoxia
pikeperch
why can hypoxia occur?
summer: increase of algae,
winter: ince - cessation of photosynthesis
due to transportation: increase in swimming activity
cage: temperature/water inversion
clinical signs of hypoxia
lighter in colour
death with opercula flared and mouth agape
treatment + prevention for hypoxia
increase aeration, reduce feeding, reduce fish density, prevention of algal bloom
prevention:
fins
folds of skin supoprted by bony rays
paired fins: pectoral and pelvic
unpaired: dorsal, caudal, anal and adipose
- adipose fin = “sensory” organ
types: spiny (one bone), soft (small segments)
layers of skin
epidermis - upper mayer - mucous cells + not keratinised
dermis - lower layer - scale
1. stratum spongiosum - loose CT, capillaries and pigement cells
2. stratum compactum -dense CT
- scales inside dermis
= siluridae = lack scales completely
= reduced in eels
scales
placoid (sharks and rays)
ganoid (sturgeon)
cosmic (ancient fish)
elasmoid (teleosts) cycloid (without small projection, Salmond, carp) and ctenoid (pikeperch)
- calcified, flexible plates
- siluridae lack scale
- reduced in eel
pigment cells/ chromatophores
melanophores (dark pigment, melanin)
erythropores (red)
xanthopores (yellow)
iridophores
colour changes: physiological and morphological
types of muscle
cardiac
smooth
skeletal: head, trunk, tail and fin
axial: organised in muscle blocked/myomere, which are further separated by myosepta
gills
gill lamellae, gill arches
opercular cavity = operculum (bracnhiostegal membrane), gill arches (rakers)
4 pairs of gill arches
on each Gill arch:
- outer surface = 2 rows of gill filaments (primary lamellae)
- on inner surface = gill rakers
primary lamellae = supported by cartlage
secondary = gaseous exchange
heart
sinus venosus
atrium
ventricle
conus arteriosus
bulbs arteriosus
oral cavity
up to last pair of gill arches
who lacks a stomach
cyprinidae
liver
compact organ or split into lobes that interdigitate with intestine
- in carp = hepatopancreas
- hepatocytes = polygonal cells, containing central spherical nucleus, containing different amounts of lipid + glycogen
pancreas
surface of intestine (between pyloric caeca), in liver (hepatopancreas) or spleen
kidneys
retroperitoneally
two, mostly fused organs
cranial (head) and posterior kidney
hematopoetic and excretory role
osmoregulation
swim bladder
hydrostatic organ that can be filled or emptied to regulate buoyancy
physostomes
physicists (closed)
- absent in many bottom living species nad some fast swimming
- carp = 2 chambers separaed by diaphragm
1. tunica interna (transparent) - epithelial layer; overlying muscularis mucosa and submucosa of loose CT
2. tunica externa - fibrous layer’ with muscle and elastic CT
reproductive system
serranidae, sparidae = hermaphroditis
external fertilisation
gynogenesis
development from an ovum stimulated to divide by penetration from a sperm which doesn’t contribute genes
copulation
resulting in either discharge of fertilised eggs or viviparous release of young fish
sexual maturation
warm water: 3-5years
cold: 2-4 years
spawning period each year
exception: eel, salmon
which are predatory fish?
European catfish, pikeperch and pike
natural spawning of (common) carp
- sexual maturation (F 3-5yr, M 4-6 yr)
- spawns: may- June (17-20C)
- eggs: sticky
- spawning: once per year
when you catch the brood stock, you do the sex determination
- male are elongated
- females are more rounded in shape, big and soft stomach
- caudal urogenital papilla - female = red, males = see a bit of milk
conditioning and hormone treatment
- salt bath
- anaesthetisation (MS 222, benzocaine)
- weight
- tag
- hormone application (CPE, GnRH)
= female is 2 injection, 1st dose is 10% of total dose 24hrs after, inject 2nd dose is 90% total dose
= male - 1 dose, injected at same time as 2nd dose for females
= lateral musculature, long and short - females - stitching of genital papillae - otherwise after second dose, female might release the eggs
carp: stripping and fertilisation
- harvesting eggs and milt (dry method)
= when harvest milk, put in fridge for 5 days
= 1 female and milk of 2 males - fertilisation solution (urea, NaCl) mix it all gently (1h, otherwise will stick together)
- stickiness removal (tannin solution, tannin removes embryo if left in too long)
- sperm = motile in contact with water 2-3 minutes
egg incubating and larvae rearing
- zuger/McDonald jars
- 3-3.5 days at 23oC after hatched -> transported to larvae containers
- larvae hatching lasts 3-4 days at 23oC (no feeding)
larvae transportation and stocking
- transportation in PVC bags pressurised with oxygen
- temperature adaption
- 0.5-2ha ponds
- leave 1 month - mortality can go up to 70%
nurses pond prep
- everything needs to be completely dry
- disc ploughing
- liming (500-1500kg/ha)
- fertilisiing
- water intake - plankton sieve
- insecticide treatment
larvae/early fry feeding
- starter feed
- hard “dough” - fish meal, poultry meal, soybean meal…
- min 45% raw protein
- feed 2x day
- survival rate 20-40%
advanced fry harvesting
- 4 - 6 weeks post stocking
- 2-5g fry
- restocking in 5-20ha pond
- 25000-40000 fry/ha
advanced fry feeding
- extruded pellets
- size: 2mm
- min 40% raw protein
- ground cereals
- feeding: once per day
one- Summer fry (c1) (1m- 1yr)
- overwintering in some ponds or autumn harvesting and stocking in overwintering ponds
- survival rate: 50%
- size 30-80g
- biomass 800-900kg/ha
feeding
- extruded pellets
- size: 4-6mm
- min 30% raw protein
- cereal grain
- feeding: once per day
pelagic
liver and feed away from the bottom in open water
- coastal (herring, sardine)
- oceanic (tuna)
demersal
bottom feeders
- benthic (flatfish) or benthopelagic (most species)
viral disease of warm water fish
- spring viraemia of carp
- carp pox
- koi herpes virus disease
- koi sleepy disease
carp pox (cause, signs, mortality, effects)
- cyprinid herpesvirus 1
- common carp
- benign, hyperplastic, papillomatous growths in skin
- mortality can be high in juvenilles
- diseases outbreak 15C
culture conditions for salmons
- pH 6.5-8
- dissolved oxygen > 6mg/L
- incubation of eggs 4-12oC
- ingrowing stage 10-15C
broomstick management for salmons
- rainbow trout
= male 2-4, female 3-6
= feeding at 1-2% biomass, stop at 14 days prior to spawning
-trout
= males lower jaw is longer than upper and bent at the end
= females low jaw is shorter - salmons should be anaesthesia before stripping
= MS222, sigma
= can’t leave in too long as it’s also used for euthanasia
stripping and fertilisation of salmons
- (dry methods)- dry bowl, stripping of eggs, stripping of milt
- gentle mixing, adding water
- water activates the spermatozoa
- 3 males for 1 female
- Salmon eggs aren’t sticky
- milt motility: brown trout (25s), rainbow (40s)
Russian method = ovarial fluid is remove (sieve), brown trout 75-80% fertilisation rate
German method = no removal of ovarian fluid - rainbow trout - 95%
egg hardening - eggs absorb water and grow in size. micropyle closes
disinfection of salmonid eggs
- two possible times:
1. before incubation but after egg hardening
2. at eyed stage - organic iodine compounds
- should completed within 10hrs from fertilisation
type of incubation of salmon eggs
vertical tray
= saves space (water goes through all of them overflows)
california tray
= metal
upwelling incubation
= glass or plastic
= water goes from bottom to top and overflows. cannot remove the dead eggs because they’re constantly moving
incubation of salmonid eggs
- at 5oC
- rainbow = shortest incubation period (400oD)(80days)
- brown = (500oD)(100days)
- need to remove dead eggs as it’s a source of growth of fungi
- can transport the eggs when in eyed stage
- removal of dead and unfertilised eggs - soaking in 8% NaCl, dead eggs will float to top
incubation of yolk-sac larvae in baskets (salmon)
- rainbow 150-200oD or 2-3 weeks at 10oC, Atlantic 290oD
- larvae rest on their sides - sensitive phase
- after larvae absorb 2/3 of a yolk sac, swims to the surface to inflate swim bladder when ready
fry rearing of salmon
- transfer of fry to fibreglass, metal or concrete tanks
- indoors - fry are sensitive to light
- fry rearing takes 6-8weeks (up to 90days post hatching) –> juveniles 3-5cm
- fed using pelleted feed
feeding salmon fry
1st = manual feeding with starter feed
- 12 times/day
- 20-22hr period with 2-4 hr darkness
- min 55% protein
- Ca 8% body weight per day
later = automaticallyc feeders can be used
feeding salmon juvenilles
- manual/automatic feeding (6-8time/day)
- need to do regular sorting of the pellet - increases feeding efficiency
- market size (250-300g)
grow out in floating sea cage
rainbow trout
- transfer of juveniles at 70-100g weight
- requires acclimatisation by gradually increasing water salinity
- double growth rate in fresh water
atlantic trout
- smolts at 35-50g
- 4kg after 10-15months
infectious with motile aeromonas - infection with pseudomonas
- aeromonas hydrophilic, pseudomonas anguiliseptica (negative)
- fresh water and marine fish
- mostly as secondary invaders after skin injury
- haemorrhagic septicaemia
- diagnose: isolation from kidney/spleen
- treatment: antimicrobial therapy
tenacibaculosis (marine columnar)
- marine fish
- stress after transfer to cage, overstocking, sunburn
- localised lesion in gills (necrosis), skin (ulcers), fins (rot)
- medicated feed (antimicrobials), bath treatment with hydrogen peroxide or formaline
pasteurellosis - pseudotuberculosis
- gram negative
- marine fish
- factors: European sea bass, high temp, juvenilles
- horizontal
- entry: skin, intestie
- peracute: fry, mortality up to 100%
- subacute: older, multiple nodular white foci in spells, kidney, liver and skeletal muscle
- diagnose: general purpose media with NaCl,marine agar
icthyophthirius multifilis
- aetiological agent of white spot disease or itch
- all freshwater fish
- white spots on skin and gills, increase in mucus production, erosion of epithelia
- trophont (feeding stage) > tomont > cysts with tomites > theronts (free swimming pear shaped infecting)
- 24oC - 7 days
- treatment; immersion: copper sulphate, potassium permanganate, salt, formalin
myxozoa
- hosts: fish and annelids
- fish shed myxospore into water > ingested by annelids > enter intestinal epithelium > actniospore develop > invade fish through skin and gills/gut
myxobolus
- trout, salmon
- whirling disease
- Brain and cartialge
- darkening of caudal region, skeletal deformities