Health & Welfare
TSV challenges advance selective breeding in Pacific white shrimp
Results of ongoing studies demonstrate that selective breeding for both resistance to Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) and fast growth in shrimp is achievable.
Health & Welfare
Real-time PCR offers sensitivity, specificity in detecting AHPND plasmid
Real-time, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis has become an attractive alternative for quantification of the acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) pathogen in infected shrimp. The authors developed a qPCR assay to quantify a virulence plasmid harbored by the bacterium that causes AHPND.
