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Dr. Kumbukani Mzengereza

HomeFisheries and Aquatic SciencesDr. Kumbukani Mzengereza
Lecturer, Deputy Dean of Faculty

Dr. Kumbukani Mzengereza

Dr. Kumbukani Mzengereza is a Lecturer in Fisheries and Aquatic Science with profound expertise in aquaculture nutrition and aquatic food systems. He holds a BSc in Agriculture, an MSc in Fisheries Science, and a PhD in Fish Nutrition from a renowned institution in Japan. Dr. Mzengereza specializes in aquaculture nutrition and aquatic food systems, fish and livestock feed technology, fish biology, and sustainable aquaculture and hatchery management. His research focuses on optimizing nutritional strategies for aquaculture species, developing innovative feed technologies, and promoting sustainable practices in aquaculture and hatchery management. Dr. Mzengereza has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been actively involved in various research projects aimed at improving fish nutrition and enhancing the efficiency of aquaculture systems. His dedication to advancing the field of fisheries science and his commitment to sustainable practices have earned him recognition and respect in the academic community.
Email Address

mzengereza.k@mzuni.ac.mw

Location

Main Campus

Department(s)

Area of Expertise

  • Aquaculture nutrition and Aquatic food systems
  • Fish and Livestock Feed Technology
  • Fish Biology
  • Sustainable aquaculture and hatchery management

  • Mzengereza K and Kang’ombe J (2016). Effect of Dietary Salt (Sodium Chloride) Supplementation on Growth, Survival and Feed Utilization of Oreochromis shiranus (Trewavas, 1941). Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development 6: 388. doi:10.4172/2155-9546.100038
  • Mzengereza K, Singini W, Msiska OV, Kapute F, Kang’ombe J and Kamangira A. (2016). Apparent Nutrient Digestibility of Plant Based Diets by Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1896). Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development 7 (1): 396. doi:10.4172/2155-9546.1000396
  • Mzengereza, K., Msiska, O.V., Kapute, F., Kang’ombe, J., Singini, W. and kamangira A. (2014). Nutritional Value of Locally Available Plants with Potential for Diets of Tilapia Rendalli in Pond Aquaculture in NkhataBay, Malawi. Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development (JARD) 5(6):265. doi:10.4172/2155-9546.1000265.
  • Mzengereza, K.; Ishikawa, M.; Koshio, S.; Yokoyama, S.; Yukun, Z.; Shadrack, R.S.; Seo, S.; Duy Khoa, T.N.; Moss, A.; Dossou, S.; Basuini, M.F.E.; Dawood, M.A.O. Effect of Substituting Fish Oil with Camelina Oil on Growth Performance, Fatty Acid Profile, Digestibility, Liver Histology, and Antioxidative Status of Red Seabream (Pagrus major). Animals 2021, 11, 1990. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11071990.
  •  Mzengereza, K.; Ishikawa, M.; Koshio, S.; Yokoyama, S.; Yukun, Z.; Shadrack, R.S.; Seo, S.; Kotani, T.; Dossou, S.; Basuini, M.F.E.; Dawood, M.A.O. Growth Performance, Growth-Related Genes, Digestibility, Digestive Enzyme Activity, Immune and Stress Responses of de novo Camelina Meal in Diets of Red Seabream (Pagrus major). Animals 2021, 11, 3118. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113118.
  •  Ghambi C, Mzengereza K (2016). Compliance and Enforcement of the Fisheries Regulations on Lake Malawi in Nkhatabay District. Fish & Ocean Opj. 2016; 1(2): 555557.
  •  Chapweteka D, Mzengereza K, Zidana H (2016). Fry Production in Tilapia rendalli Stocked in Suspended Earthen Pond Hapas at Different Sex Ratios. International Journal of Marine Science and Ocean Technology. 3(5), 50-54. DOI: 10.19070/2577-4395-160009.
  •  Chrissie Banda, Fanuel Kapute, Elias Chirwa, Wales Singini, Benjamin Kondowe, Kumbukani Mzengereza and Bob Jere (2017). Proximate composition of freshly caught Tilapia from Chia Lagoon and Lake Malawi. Malawi Journal of Agriculture, natural resources and development studies.2 (1).
  •  Felix Sanudi, Sudhakar Indulkar and Kumbukani Mzengereza, (2020). Impact of glyphosate herbicide on haematological parameters of Koi carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) fingerlings. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 15 (1): 7-11, DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2020.7.11
  •  Gladson Chikorela, Elias Rabson Chirwa and Kumbukani Mzengereza, (2019). Optimal stocking density of Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1896) for increased growth in a periphyton based aquaculture system. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 14: 33-38. DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2019.33.38.
  •  Mbamba D., Mzengereza K., Singini W., Kapute F.and Zidana H., (2016), Comparison of Spawning Rate Between Wild and Improved Strain of Oreochromis shiranus (Boulenger, 1897), International Journal of Marine Science, 6(31):17(Doi:10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0031)
  •  Mbamba D, Valeta J, Harawa D, Kapute F, Singini W and Mzengereza K (2018). Profitability Analysis of Value Added Usipa (Engraulicypris Sardella) by Packaging in Nkhotakota, Malawi. Journal of Ecology & Natural Resources 2(3): 000134. https://doi.org/10.23880/jenr-16000134.
  • Mlauzi, M and Mzengereza K., (2017), Contribution of fish consumption to malnutrition among under 5 children in Salima, Malawi., Journal of Animal Research and Nutrition 2(2):18 (DOI: 10.21767/2572-5459.100038).
  •  Mohammed F. El Basuini, Islam I. Teiba, Mohamed A.A. Zaki, Ahmed N. Alabssawy, Abdelaziz M. El-Hais, Ahmed A. Gabr, Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Amr I. Zaineldin, Kumbukani Mzengereza, Ronick S. Shadrack, Serge Dossou.(2020), Assessing the effectiveness of CoQ10 dietary supplementation on growth performance, digestive enzymes, blood health, immune response, and oxidative related genes expression of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus),Fish and Shellfish Immunology、98 420–428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2020.01.052.
  •  Sawasawa W., Kapute F and Mzengereza K., (2016). Role of Women in Fish Processing at Msaka Beach in Mangochi District, Southern Malawi, International Journal of Marine Science, 6(18): 1-8 (Doi: 10.5376/ijms.2016.06.0018).
  •  Dossou, S.; Dawood, M.A.O.; Zaineldin, A.I.; Abouelsaad, I.A.; Mzengereza, K.; Shadrack, R.S.; Zhang, Y.; El-Sharnouby, M.; Ahmed, H.A.; El Basuini, M.F. Dynamical hybrid system for optimizing and controlling efficacy of plant-based protein in aquafeeds. Complexity 2021, 2021,ID:9957723. doi.org/10.1155/2021/9957723.
  •  Serge Dossou, Shunsuke Koshio, Manabu Ishikawa, Saichiro Yokoyama, Mohammed F. El Basuini, Amr I. Zaineldin, Kumbukani Mzengereza, Amina Moss,  Mahmoud A. O. Dawood,(2018), Effects of replacing fishmeal with fermented and non‐ fermented rapeseed meal on the growth, immune and antioxidant responses of red sea bream (Pagrus major). Aquaculture Nutrition ;1–10.; https://doi.org/10.1111/anu.12876.
  •  Zaindi I., Singini W and Mzengereza K (2016). Forecasting Copadichromis (Utaka) Production for Lake Malaŵi, Nkhatabay Fishery- A Stochastic Model Approach. Journal of Fisheries and Livestock Production. 4: 162. (Doi:10.4172/2332-2608.1000162)
  •  Sanudi F, Jere B, Mzengereza K and Chirwa B.B (2015). Effect of Stocking Density and Feed on Growth of Improved (F5) Mono-Sex Oreochromis Shiranus reared in tanks. Journal of Fisheries and Livestock Production, 3: 148. doi:10.4172/2332-2608.1000148.
  •  Sinyangwe B, G ., Chirwa E,R, Mzengereza K, Kapute F , Singini W, Chirwa BB, Kondowe B , Zidana H and Jere B (2017).Effect of Varying Dietary Protein Level and Stocking density on Growth Performance, Survival and Feed Utilization of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus - Burchell, 1822,  Insights in aquaculture and biotechnology,(2):9.http://www.imedpub.com/insights-in-aquaculture-and-biotechnology.
  •  Viliame Waqalevu , Akinobu Honda , Serge Dossou , Tran Nguyen Duy Khoa , Hideaki Matsuia , Kumbukani Mzengereza , Hanlin Liub , Manabu Ishikawa , Kazuhiro Shiozaki , Tomonari Kotani ,(2019). Effect of oil enrichment on Brachionus plicatilis rotifer and first feeding red sea bream (Pagrus major) and Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), Aquaculture,510,73–83https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.05.039.
  •  Zaineldin A.I., Hegazi S., Koshio S., Ishikawa M., Dawood M.A.O., Dossou S., Yukun Z., Mzengereza K. (2020). Singular effects of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 or Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 on the growth, gut morphology, immunity, and stress resistance of red sea bream (Pagrus major), Annals of Animal Science, DOI: 10.2478/aoas-2020-0075.
  •  Ronick Spenly Shadrack, Ishikawa Manabu, Shunsuke Koshio,Saichiro Yokoyama,Yukun Zhang, Kumbukani Mzengereza , Mohammed Fouad El Basuini , and Mahmoud A. O. Dawood .(2022). Effects of Single and Mixture Probiotic Supplements on Growth,Digestive Activity, Antioxidative Status, Immune and Growth-Related Genes, and Stress Response of Juvenile Red Sea Bream (Pagrus Major). Hindawi Aquaculture Nutrition. Volume 2022, Article ID 8968494, 17 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8968494.
  •  Shadrack R.S., Ishikawa M., Yokoyama S., Koshio S., Vazquez A.M., Zhang Y., Mzengereza K., Seo S., Dossou S., El Basuini M.F. (2022). Specific importance of low level dietary supplementation of Lypomyces starkeyi CB1807 yeast strain in red sea bream (Pagrus major), Annals of Animal Science, DOI: 10.2478/aoas-2022-0012
  •  Zhang, Y.; Ishikawa, M.;Koshio, S.; Yokoyama, S.; Dossou, S.;Wang,W.; Zhang, X.; Shadrack, R.S.;Mzengereza, K.; Zhu, K.; et al.Optimization of Soybean Meal Fermentation for Aqua-Feed with Bacillus subtilis natto Using the Response Surface Methodology. Fermentation 2021, 7, 306. https:// doi.org/10.3390/fermentation7040306.
  •  Mohammed F. El Basuini , Mohamed A.A. Zaki , Abdelaziz M. El-Hais ,Mohamed G. Elhanafy , Emad H. El-Bilawy , Amr I. Zaineldin , Mohamed F.A. Abdel-Aziz,Ibrahim A. Abouelsaad , Ibrahim T. El-Ratel , Kumbukani Mzengereza ,Ronick S. Shadrack , Islam I. Teiba. (2022). Microbial, immune and antioxidant responses of Nile tilapia with dietary nano-curcumin supplements under chronic low temperatures, Aquaculture and Fisheries, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2022.03.011.Accepted (In press).
  •  Kumbukani Mzengereza, Manabu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Koshio , Ronick S. Shadrack ,Yukun Zhang , Serge Dossou , Tomonari Kotani , Shimaa A. Shahin, Amr I. Zaineldin ,Viliame Waqalevu , Mahmoud A.O. Dawood , Aziza M. Hassan , Mona Mohammad Al- Sharif, Mohammed Fouad El Basuini (2022). Responses of Growth, Blood Health, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Genes, Intestine and Liver Histology in Red Seabream (Pagrus major) to Camelina Meal. Manuscript Number: Aquaculture Reports 24 (2022) 101175.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101175
  • Singini, W., Msiska, O.V., Kapute, F., Kasulo, V., Kang’ombe, J., Wilson Jere, W., Nyasulu, T., Mzengereza, K. & Kamangira, A. (2014). Development of quality and affordable fish feed for small scale fish farmers in Malawi. Fourth RUFORUM Biennial Conference, 21-25 July, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, pp 339 – 345.
  •  Mzengereza, K., Singini, W., Msiska, O.V, Kang’ombe, J., Kapute, F (2014). Proximate composition of potential plant feedstuffs for production of Tilapia rendalli in northern Malawi. Fourth RUFORUM Biennial Conference, 21-25 July,2014,  Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, pp 347 – 350.
  •  Kumbukani Mzengereza, Manabu Ishikawa, Shunsuke Koshio, Saichiro Yokoyama, Serge Dossou,Amina Moss,ZhangYukun and Addissina Oliviear.Effect of blending fish oil and camelina oil  on growth performance ,survival rate and body composition of red sea bream, Pagrus major .Page 269.In 12th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture forum, Iloilo convention center, Iloilo city ,Philippines,8-12 April, 2019