Catfish biology and farming

RA Dunham, A Elaswad - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2018 - annualreviews.org
This article summarizes the biology and culture of ictalurid catfish, an important commercial,
aquaculture, and sport fish family in the United States. The history of the propagation as well …

Response of cecropin transgenesis to challenge with Edwardsiella ictaluri in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus

NY Abass, RMC Simora, J Wang, S Li, D **ng… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2022 - Elsevier
Response of cecropin transgenesis to challenge with Edwardsiella ictaluri in channel catfish
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The Y chromosome sequence of the channel catfish suggests novel sex determination mechanisms in teleost fish

L Bao, C Tian, S Liu, Y Zhang, A Elaswad, Z Yuan… - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Sex determination mechanisms in teleost fish broadly differ from mammals and
birds, with sex chromosomes that are far less differentiated and recombination often …

Integration of alligator cathelicidin gene via two CRISPR/Cas9-assisted systems enhances bacterial resistance in blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus

J Wang, B Su, J Al-Armanazi, AL Wise, M Shang… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing has paved new avenues for improving production-
valued traits in aquaculture by knocking out or disrupting functional genes. However …

Transcriptome analysis reveals key gene expression changes in blue catfish sperm in response to cryopreservation

H Wang, HR Montague, HN Hess, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The hybrids of female channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and male blue catfish (I. furcatus)
account for> 50% of US catfish production due to superior growth, feed conversion, and …

Regulating reproductive cycles for captive spawning

DL Berlinsky, LW Kenter, BJ Reading, FW Goetz - Fish physiology, 2020 - Elsevier
The ultimate goal of broodstock management, to provide sufficient high-quality, genetically
improved larvae for reliable production on grow-out farms, is currently achievable only for …

Microinjection of CRISPR/Cas9 protein into channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, embryos for gene editing

A Elaswad, K Khalil, D Cline… - Journal of …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The complete genome of the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, has been sequenced,
leading to greater opportunities for studying channel catfish gene function. Gene knockout …

Transcriptome Display During Testicular Differentiation of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) as Revealed by RNA-Seq Analysis

Q Zeng, S Liu, J Yao, Y Zhang, Z Yuan… - Biology of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) has been recognized as a dominant freshwater
aquaculture species in the United States. It is also a suitable model for studying the …

Producing xenogenic channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus with cryopreserved testes and ovarian tissues of blue catfish, I. furcatus

DU Hettiarachchi, VN Alston, L Bern, M Shang, J Wang… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Xenogenesis has been identified as an innovative hatchery technology for hybrid catfish
(channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus♀× blue catfish, I. furcatus♂) embryo production. The …

In vitro fertilization with frozen-thawed blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) sperm and implications for gene banking

HR Montague, HN Hess, VMK Tackett, SL Britt… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Catfish farming constitutes about 75% of total US finfish aquaculture production, for which
the channel catfish female (Ictalurus punctatus)× blue catfish male (I. furcatus) hybrid …