Global Aquaculture Alliance — The Advocate
The use of intensive raceway nursery systems to produce juvenile shrimp under biosecure conditions is an important WSSV management tool.
Some lesser-understoood shrimp immune functions may become tools for improved disease control in the future.
Environmental stresses affect the immune response of shrimp in a dose-dependent way, increasing susceptibility to disease.
An experiment with WSSV in Peru produced good survival rates in an area where the virus is established and where other efforts have failed.
A variety of factors – postlarval nutrition, disease treatment and control of microflora – contribute to optimal hatchery operations.
Critical to the success of genetic improvement and the breeding program at OI is the use of specific pathogen free (SPF) shrimp stocks.
Circulation makes use of the very large amount of dissolved oxygen present on the pond's surface and distributes it down to the bottom.