Shrimp

Thứ 7, 23/11/2024

The Loc star of shrimp health

Dr Loc Tran, founder of ShrimpVet and one of the key researchers behind the discovery of the causes of EMS in shrimp

Shrimp

Low-salinity culture water controls Vibrios in shrimp postlarvae

Inland farms in southern Ecuador can produce up to 10 mt/ha of shrimp using underground water with 2- to 3-ppt salinity.

Rising use of automatic feeders in shrimp ponds poses new feed requirements…

Although the cost of formulated aquafeeds in shrimp farming represents approximately 60 percent of the operating costs, the actual application and distribution

Biofloc technology: Possible prevention for shrimp diseases

Live colony of macroaggregates and bacteria suspended in the water column can increase survival, feed conversion

Origin of probiotics and efficacy of strains explored in shrimp focused study

Commercially produced probiotic strains may provide more support than those found indigenously, but indigenous strains may outperform the use of a non-supplemen

Grain distillers dried yeast in practical diets for juvenile Pacific white shrimp

Feeds usually represent 40 to 60 percent of the total production costs in semi-intensive and intensive shrimp aquaculture, so reducing feed-related costs

Evaluating commercial probiotic for juvenile Pacific white shrimp

Probiotics have been shown to change the intestinal microbiota by competing with pathogens for nutrients. Addition of probiotics to feed may therefore

Advances in intensive copepod production technology

The expansion of the marine aquaculture industry is currently limited, in part, by the inability to successfully bring large numbers of larvae through

Ammonia toxicity degrades animal health, growth

An NH3-N concentration of 0.45 mg/L reduced the growth of five species of penaeid shrimp by about 50 percent.

Shrimp necrosis has infectious etiology

Diseased shrimp exhibited skeletal muscle necrosis, indicated by the whitish discoloration of several abdominal segments.

Automatic feeding in shrimp aquaculture

As feed continues to represent the highest-cost input in aquaculture worldwide, the use of automatic feeders is proving to be an important approach to lowering

Study: TSV exposure may lessen YHV effects in white shrimp

While testing indicated the shrimp were infected with the two viruses, TSV was restricted to the lymphoid organs. YHV was found in the cuticular epithelium