Health & Welfare
Inbreeding affects growth, survival, reproduction of Pacific white shrimp
The Maricultura del Pacífico hatchery in Mexico uses two-stage selection that controls the pedigree of every animal to minimize inbreeding.
Health & Welfare
Study: Inbreeding affects body weight, not survival, in white shrimp
Inbreeding commonly causes a decrease in the mean values of traits of productive interest in aquaculture. Results of a study, however, showed that inbreeding had no effect on grout survival of Pacific white shrimp from 65 to 130 days of age.
