Improved nutrition enhances immune competence, disease resistance in penaeid shrimp
Shrimp farmers must consider seedstock quality, husbandry procedures and healthy nutrition as the primary tools to control disease.
Real-time PCR measures IHHNV in shrimp
Use of this method to detect and quantify IHHNV in penaeid shrimp has already revealed new information regarding levels of infection.
Cleaner fish: Neon gobies
Using neon gobies in broodstock maturation tanks as a form of parasite control is an effective alternative to the use of chemical treatments.
Performance of Penaeus stylirostris after six generations of selection for growth
Mass selection studies with a domesticated strain of Penaeus stylirostris to improve growth rate were carried out at IFREMER-Tahiti in French Polynesia.
Proactive health management using probiotics in marine fish hatcheries
Evidence that the use of probiotics is beneficial to survival of high-value tropical species of marine fish remains largely anecdotal.
Live protozoa: Suitable live food for larval fish and shrimp?
Some ciliated protozoa (ciliates) may be a valuable complimentary source of nutrients for first feeding larval stages of farmed shrimp.
Use of ozone in seafood processing
Ozone is a universal disinfectant that can oxidize many inorganic and organic impurities, and destroy bacteria, viruses and other pathogens.
Seaweed farming in Chile: A review
Over the last 15 years, seaweed farming in Chile reached a volume of over 300,000 metric tons per year, half brown algae and half red algae.
Mine water aquaculture: A West Virginia success story
Abandoned mine sites are a significantly underused aquaculture resource in rural West Virginia and the Appalachian region.
Rotifer management in marine fish culture
Successful mass culture of the marine rotifers Brachionus plicatilis and B. rotundiformis is one of the milestones of marine fish culture.
Zero water exchange
L. vannamei can be raised at high densities and zero water exchange with acceptable survival, growth and yields while minimizing water-borne diseases.
Hyper-intensive fish farming
High density fish aggregations represent new farming challenges regarding water quality and food distribution.
Necrosis due to WSSV can mimic YHV lesions in lymphoid organ of penaeid shrimp
Since severe lymphoid organ necrosis can also appear as a result of WSSV infection, do not use this type of lesion as the sole feature to diagnose YHV.
Impact of high-performance substrate technology on intensive commercial shrimp farm
Essentially, a substrate provides a high amount of a surface area that is readily colonized by bacteria and benthic algae, which behave as a huge biofilter.
Producing marine snails for biomedical research
The marine snail opisthobranch, a.k.a. the sea hare, is used for biomedical research in neuroscience as a model for memory and learning.
Liquid oxygen systems maintain dissolved oxygen levels
Low dissolved oxygen is associated with stressful conditions for shrimp. Liquid oxygen injection systems are a potential solution.