Council Regulation (EC) 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) provides a framework for EU support for sustainable development of the European fisheries sector. The Slovakian fisheries and aquaculture sectors are supported by an operational programme for development of these ...

Based on EP and EC Directive 1069/2009 and the Slovak Agriculture Ministry Regulation 148/2012, details are given for carcass disposal for horses and domestic animals, burial and incineration of carcasses containing risk materials, dump site disposal of non-risk materials, disposal of bees and bee...

The possibility of feeding probiotics to fish in commercial aquaculture systems is considered, with an examination of what probiotics are, their mechanism of action, and criteria for selecting probiotic bacteria for aquacultural purposes. The dominant gut microflora in marine fish are facultative...

Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. Most probiotics proposed as biological control agents in aquaculture belong to the lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus, Carnobacterium), or to the genus Vibrio, Bacillus,...

Fresh water fish production in the Slovak Republic (14 species) is confined to a relatively dense river network (1.02 km/km sq.), canals and ponds (2000 hectares, of which 1600 hectares are used for aquaculture). In 2009, the production amounted to 2584 tonnes (mainly carp, 1395 t, followed by...

An enzootic outbreak in 1978 of C. fimbriceps infection causing considerable losses among carp (K₁ and K₂) on a fish farm in eastern Slovakia (Czechoslovaia) is reported. Infection rates in individual ponds varied from 34 to 74% and intensities ranged from one to 123 cestodes/fish. Greatest losses ...

Two trials were conducted to study the feeding of diets formulated from housefly [Musca domestica] larvae and pupae to the Nile tilapia, O. niloticus, replacing 50 or 100% fish meal in granular isoprotein diets. The 28-week trial 1 involved 25 fish/group, mean liveweight 46.7 g, body length 105 mm, ...

Taenifugin carp, a medicated granulated food containing 7 g piperazine salt of niclosamide/1000 g, was tested at water temperatures of 10.2 to 11.8 deg C in 1979 on the Komorov fish farm in Czechoslovakia, where 40% of carp stock and 26.7% of fry were infected with B. gowkongensis. 3 days after...

Studies on domestic and wild ducks in a natural focus of helminth infection in the Iňačovce and Senné area revealed the presence of Dicranotaenia coronula, Fimbriaria fasciolaris, Microsomacanthus paracompressa, Sobolevicanthus gracilis, Uniciunia ciliata, Echinuria uncinata and Tetrameres...