Aquaculture Centre
The Aquaculture Centre supports both saltwater & freshwater husbandry facilities, for a range of tropical & temperate species including trout, salmon, damselfish, crayfish, & squid. The facility supports undergraduate teaching, allowing hands-on training, as well as active research programs.
Virtual Tour of the Aquaculture Centre
Marine Finfish Larval Rearing
The Aquatic Centre has designated marine finfish hatchery facilities for small-scale production runs of marine fishes. The hatchery is reliant upon seawater recirculation technology. Larval rearing is supported by on-site algae and live feed facilities and specialist technical staff.
Fish Health Laboratory
Facilities for histology, an automated Tissue Tek II tissue processor, a Shandon Histocentre II, a Microm microtome & an automated Shandon linistainer, are available. Conference & epifluorescence microscopes are available as are photomicrography and image analysis facilities.
We have a dedicated Nutrition Laboratory, Feed Production Room, Tank Systems & X-ray machine. The Nutrition Laboratory is well equiped for routine processing & proximate analysis of ingredients, feeds & fish. Equipment is available for analysis of digestive enzymes & detailed tissue composition.
Endocrine Laboratory
The endocrine laboratory supports the analysis by radioimmunoassay of a suite of steroid hormones in fish plasma and in vitro media, vitellogenin enzyme linked immunosorbent assays for 3 species, thyroid hormone measurement and the detection of releasing factor and vitellogenin gene expression.
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