Health & Welfare
Biosecurity principles for sustainable production using SPF shrimp
Basic components of biosecurity include knowledge of diseases, adequate detection methods and the use of “clean” shrimp stocks.
Health & Welfare
Broodstock center in India supports domestic shrimp-farming industry
The project produces specific-pathogen-free broodstock with good reproductive performance, fast growth and high survival. More than 60 hatcheries in India have received broodstock from the program.
Health & Welfare
Shrimp breeding for resistance to Taura Syndrome Virus
In response to Taura Syndrome Virus outbreaks, the U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program initiated a selective-breeding program to improve resistance in Pacific white shrimp.
Health & Welfare
Thailand study: Performance trials generate important result
In research involving white shrimp siblings raised in ponds in Thailand and in raceways in Hawaii, shrimp growth can be improved after one generation of selection, even with a modest investment.
Intelligence
Obstacles and opportunities in penaeid shrimp breeding
As economic benefits of selective penaeid shrimp breeding become more compelling, the shrimp industry will invest in breeding programs to produce genetically superior stocks.
Health & Welfare
Super-intensive RAS trial yields encouraging shrimp harvest at Oceanic Institute
A super-intensive RAS grow-out trial produced 5.7 kg of shrimp per square meter in 14 weeks using minimal water volume and only 0.34 percent daily water exchange.
Health & Welfare
Strain of reference shrimp aids researchers, farmers
Kona line reference shrimp contribute to research by providing test stocks that are consistently and predictably susceptible to Taura Syndrome Virus.
Health & Welfare
Research reveals inbreeding depression in Pacific white shrimp
Inbreeding depression, the loss of vigor among offspring when related individuals mate, can occur when intense selection is coupled with a narrow genetic base.
Health & Welfare
SPF-defined pathogen-free status of shrimp limited
Specific pathogen-free status depends on the presence or absence of specific pathogens. This status depends on the level of biosecurity for the shrimp.
Health & Welfare
SPF fleshy prawns show potential for genetic improvement
In a recent effort to produce specific pathogen-free (SPF) stocks of the fleshy prawn, researchers from two U.S. institutions collaborated.
Health & Welfare
Tagging technology helps monitor shrimp performance in research, genetic improvement
A variety of external and internal tags have been developed over the past several decades to enable researchers to monitor aquatic animals.
Health & Welfare
Shrimp breeding for low-protein or vegetable-protein diets unnecessary
Most shrimp cultured today are fed diets with greater than 30 percent protein, with much of this protein obtained from fishmeal.
Health & Welfare
Genetic improvement of the Pacific white shrimp at The Oceanic Institute
Critical to the success of genetic improvement and the breeding program at OI is the use of specific pathogen free (SPF) shrimp stocks.