Global Aquaculture Alliance — The Advocate
A study in Brazil found that the growth superiority brought about by within-family selection of tested shrimp transmitted to the next generation of animals.
Through a genetic selection program started in 2006, significant advances have been achieved in the development of a specific pathogen-free L. vannamei line in Brazil.
Separate family rearing can lead to tank-derived environmental effects that are statistically confounded with full-sib family genetic effects in shrimp breeding.