Healthy Animals: ARS Scientists Find Solutions to Help Keep Catfish Healthy
"Innovation is the key for Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists looking for ways to keep farm-raised catfish and other aquatic animals healthy and productive. Their research accomplishments, which include superior vaccines to fight pathogens and the fine-tuning of oxygen management systems for ponds, help protect and sustain America's aquaculture industry.

There's More than One Way to Hatch an Egg

For example, an ARS scientist in the Mississippi Delta is on a mission to help commercial growers improve farm-raised catfish production.

Fish biologist Les Torrans is constructing an innovative egg incubator he calls the "see-saw" to provide a better mix of dissolved oxygen for vulnerable catfish eggs. Torrans works in the ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit of the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center located at the Mississippi State University (MSU) Delta Experiment Station in Stoneville, Miss..."