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1 June 2007Parasitic Diseases Of TilapiaDr. Cedric Komar and Neil Wendover (Intervet Norbio Singapore)In the last three issues of the Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter, we presented a series of articles on tilapia diseases: first a ...
1 March 2007Intervet Aquatic Animal Health at VIV ASIA 2007With the Asia-Pacific region being home to 90% of the world's aquaculture production, the slowing growth of wild capture production and high prices for fish have accelerated aquaculture production in ...
1 December 2006Columnaris in TilapiaIntroduction Continuing the theme of diseases in tilapia we have highlighted in the previous two issues (Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter no. 11 and 12), another major bacterial disease known ...
2 November 2006New team member at Intervet Norbio SingaporeNeil Wendover joined the Veterinary Services Department of Intervet Norbio Singapore in September 2006 in a new position as Technical Officer.  He comes most recently from GenoMar, a world-renowned tilapia ...
30 October 2006Intervet participate at ISTA 7 in MexicoThe seventh International Symposium for Tilapia Aquaculture (ISTA 7) was held in Veracruz, Mexico from the 6th to the 9th of September, 2006. Three Intervet staff (Cedric Komar of Intervet Norbio Singapore, ...
1 September 2006Schering-Plough Animal Health announces provisional marketing authorisation for AquaVac* RELERA*Schering-Plough Animal Health announces provisional marketing authorisation for AquaVac* RELERA*, a bivalent vaccine providing protection against ERM (Enteric Redmouth) caused by Hagerman Type 1 and the ...
20 June 2006Streptococcosis in TilapiaIntroductionThe theory that tilapia is a hardy and disease-resistant fish species is no longer correct. Producers, scientists and processors have now become aware that diseases may well be the number ...
16 November 2005Diseases of TilapiaAN INTRODUCTIONTilapia is native to Africa and the Middle East. A decade ago, few people knew much about tilapia. Today, it has emerged to become the second biggest aquatic species group after the carp ...
11 November 2005Schering-Plough Receives First U.S. Approval for AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol)First In-Feed Antibiotic for U.S. Aquaculture in More Than 20 YearsSchering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today announced its Animal Health Division has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
20 October 2004Intervet staff attend tilapia conference in the PhilippinesThe 6th International Symposium on Tilapia Aquaculture took place this September in Manila and dr. Zilong Tan and Cedric Komar DVM of Intervet Singapore attended. Delegates from over 30 different countries ...
10 October 2003Streptococcus iniae infections in Asian AquacultureStreptococcal disease caused by Streptococcus iniae is without doubt one of the major bacterial diseases in fish. It has been reported to cause significant mortality in more than 12 different aquaculture ...