Health & Welfare
Pond-condition improvements used to manage WSSV in Peru
An experiment with WSSV in Peru produced good survival rates in an area where the virus is established and where other efforts have failed.
Health & Welfare
Environmental factors affect immune response and resistance in crustaceans
Environmental stresses affect the immune response of shrimp in a dose-dependent way, increasing susceptibility to disease.
Aquafeeds
Advances in shrimp postlarval nutrition
A variety of factors – postlarval nutrition, disease treatment and control of microflora – contribute to optimal hatchery operations.
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.
Responsibility
Mechanical pond water circulation: A new approach to shrimp farming
Circulation makes use of the very large amount of dissolved oxygen present on the pond's surface and distributes it down to the bottom.