Biosecurity

Feed additives may help to reduce the impact of early mortality syndrome on shrimp stocks, according to a report from Minh Phu AquaMekong Shrimp Vet Laboratory in Vietnam and Nutriad International in Belgium.

Each year the shrimp industry suffers losses of more than US$1 billion dueto early mortality syndrome or acute hepatopancreatic necrosis (EMS/AHPND), anemerging disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Pedro Encarnaao, PhD and Jutta Zwielehner,…

Penaeid shrimp production is under continuous threat by bacterial and particularly viral infections which have caused disastrous collapses of the industry in all major shrimp producing countries. This article reports on recent progress in the development of fe…

This is the second of a series of three articles that focuses on biosecurity in aquaculture. The aim is to provide baseline information for the aquaculture community. In the first article, we focused on biosecurity at the international level. In this article, …