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Milkfish grow-out culture in ponds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)
Milkfish farming is regarded as the backbone of Philippine aquaculture. In 2001, nearly 50% of the Philippines' aquaculture production was milkfish cultured from brackishwater ponds. It has 3 major culture systems: extensive; ...
Parasitic diseases and pests
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
A wide variety of parasites have been identified as causing significant economic losses in fish and shrimp culture. Most of these parasites are difficult to control effectively with a single measure. The control of parasites ...
Immunological and molecular biology techniques in disease diagnosis
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
The improvement of existing immunoassay techniques, development of monoclonal antibody technology and the development of new immunoassay approaches are all working together to provide new tools for the detection of ...
Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 16
Diseases of penaeid shrimps in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
The manual provides information on the diseases that affect the 3 major species of shrimps cultured in the Philippines: Penaeus monodon, P. merguiensis and P. indicus. It includes the common name of the disease, causative ...
Viral diseases
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Outbreaks of viral infections can cause massive mortalities among cultured fishes or shrimps. Water temperature and age of the fish or shrimps are significant factors that influence the development of viral infections. ...
Current status of transboundary fish diseases in the Philippines: Occurrence, surveillance, research and training
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The paper discussed the current status of transboundary fish diseases in Philippines. The following were given focus in the paper: status of Koi Herpesvirus in the production of common carp and koi and the status of viral ...
Nutrient cycles: Nutrient dynamics in culture ponds.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The general over-development of aquaculture had profound disturbance on the surrounding ecosystem, affecting, not only fisheries, but aquaculture itself through release of effluent loaded with nutrients into open waters ...
Selection of probiotics for shrimp and crab hatcheries
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
A study aimed at obtaining a biological control agent against bacterial diseases, specifically luminescent vibriosis, of hatchery-reared shrimps and crabs was done to find an alternative for chemotherapy as a disease ...
Environment-friendly schemes in intensive shrimp farming.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
International environmental pressure groups call for shrimp importing countries to impose a trade embargo against farmed shrimps produced in a manner considered deleterious to the environment. In fact, Europe had banned ...
Environment-friendly schemes in shrimp farming
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)