This experiment was conducted to compare the growth performance of silver barb fry produced from cryopreserved sperm with those produced from fresh sperm. Cryopreserved sperm used for fry production was preserved with three extenders, Alsever’s solution, urea egg-yolk, egg-yolk citrate solution and one cryoprotectant, DMSO. Cryodiluents were prepared by mixing the cryoprotectants at 10% concent...

Studies were conducted to select and apply the effective low-cost chemotherapeutic and medicinal plants against diseased fish under laboratory and field condition. Thai silver barbs (Barbonymus gonionotus) weighing 20-25 gm were experimentally infected with a virulent bacterial pathogen (Aeromonas hydrophila) and a fungal pathogen (Aphanomyces invadans). Based on the previous studies, four chem...