Global Aquaculture Alliance — The Advocate
The international seafood marketplace is pleading with the farmed shrimp supply chain to control diseases that wreak havoc on the global supply chain.
In vitro studies under laboratory conditions in Thailand evaluate the potential of two biocides against Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) spore extrusion.
SHIV is a new Pacific white shrimp virus in the Iridoviridae family. Authors also developed an ISH assay and a nested PCR method for its specific detection.
A RT-qPCR study on shrimp with GAV infections showed infection loads could differ among different gill filaments and pleopods from the same shrimp.
To help minimize economic losses caused by acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease, timely detection of its pathogenic Vibrio etiological agent plays a critical part in disease management. A portable device with accompanying polymerase chain reaction assays can quickly identify the AHPND
The aquaculture industry has developed management strategies to strengthen shrimp disease resistance, like diagnostic systems and biosecurity.