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PROJECT NUMBER • 1983-041
PROJECT STATUS:
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Pharmacology and pathology of ciguatera poisoning in mammals and studies on the possible effects of ciguatoxin on fish

Ciguatera poisoning is a form of seafood poisoning that occurs in humans after the ingestion of particular specimens of a variety of tropical marine fish species. Ciguatera poisoning is caused by the ingestion of small quantities of a very powerful toxin, ciguatoxin (CTX), that occurs in the tissues...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Toxin
Pharmaceutics
Food Safety
Disease
Diagnostic
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-251
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: development of a method for alleviating leg loss during post-harvest handling of rock lobsters

A novel brief application of cold-stunning was identified as a practical method for preventing post-harvest leg loss at several points in the post-harvest handling chain. Using this method, there is potential for the western rock lobster industry to save in excess of $2 million per season in lost...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
TAGS
Post Harvest
Mortality
Husbandry
Aquaculture
Animal Health
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Southern Rock Lobster
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