Health & Welfare
Building a better shrimp nursery, part 1
Shrimp nursery systems offer an important opportunity to increase profits. Properly designed and operated nurseries are highly biosecure facilities to grow postlarvae at very high densities.
Health & Welfare
Clinical case report: EMS/AHPND outbreak in Latin America
Behind the successful control of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS), or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND), in a Latin American shrimp nursery.
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Probióticos benefician al camarón blanco del Pacífico desafiado con AHPND
Un estudio fue llevado a cabo para medir los efectos de probióticos comerciales en camarón blanco del Pacífico en un modelo de desafío a AHPND estandarizado bajo condiciones controladas de laboratorio. Los resultados muestran que los tratamientos de probióticos por sí mismos tienen efectos beneficiosos, como una mayor supervivencia y signos histológicos de regeneración de hepatopáncreas.
Health & Welfare
Probiotics benefit Pacific white shrimp challenged with AHPND
A study was conducted to measure the effects of commercial probiotics on Pacific white shrimp in a standardized AHPND challenge model under controlled laboratory conditions. Results show that the probiotics treatments by themselves have beneficial effects, such as higher survival and histological signs of hepatopancreas regeneration.
Health & Welfare
Early Mortality Syndrome affects shrimp in Asia
Early Mortality Syndrome is a new disease that has been detected at shrimp farms in Asia. It appears within 30 days of stocking and causes symptoms that include lethargy; soft, darkened shells and mottling of the carapace.