News tagged with rainbow trout

Study finds chlorophyll can help prevent cancer - but questions traditional research methods

A recent study at Oregon State University found that the chlorophyll in green vegetables offers protection against cancer when tested against the modest carcinogen exposure levels most likely to be found in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Genetic buzzer-beater genes may save fish

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout -- one in Alaska, the other in Idaho -- share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries conservation and management, an eight-member research team reports.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Salmon genome in final phases of completion

The International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG, the "Cooperation") has awarded the Phase II contract for next-generation sequencing and analysis of the Atlantic salmon genome to the J. Craig ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mapping immune genes in salmon

Morten F. Lukacs' doctoral research at The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science has identified and mapped a group of immune genes that are the key to warding off infectious agents such as viruses and bacteria ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanoparticles cause brain injury in fish

Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

What's in a name? Lots for the newly discovered

The nearly three century old method for naming newly discovered nature will face a rebellion this Friday at Yale University.

Biology / Other

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Wild rainbow trout critical to health of steelhead populations

Genetic research is showing that healthy steelhead runs in Pacific Northwest streams can depend heavily on the productivity of their stay-at-home counterparts, rainbow trout.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists find industrial pollutants in Eastern Lake Erie carp

Researchers from Upstate New York institutions, including the University at Buffalo, have documented elevated levels of two industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, adding to the body of scientific work demonstrating ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Better control of reproduction in trout and salmon may be in aquaculture's future

Fast-growing farm-raised salmon and trout that are sterile can now be produced using a method developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Blocking reproduction can enhance growth, and is important for fish ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential antifouling substance can cause paler fish

The sedative medetomidine has proved effective at inhibiting fouling and is now being trialled by the EU as an ingredient for the antifouling paints of the future. Research at the University of Gothenburg, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Development of more muscular trout could boost commercial aquaculture

A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nociception and Pain in Teleost Fish

For her doctorate, Janicke Nordgreen has studied nociception and pain in teleost fish. Her conclusion is that it is very likely the fish feel pain.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

VHS virus infects fish via their gills

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) is a highly contagious disease of rainbow trout in fresh water, causing great economic loss in the European trout farming industry. In his doctorate, Bjørn Erik ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Insight into fish disease to help protect farmed fish stocks

Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have gained a key insight into a disease that is devastating the UK's fish farming industry. The researchers have discovered that fish ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0