Diseases in farmed mud crabs Scylla spp.: Diagnosis, prevention, and control.

Lavilla-Pitogo, Celia R.; de la Peña, Leobert D.

dc.contributor.author	Lavilla-Pitogo, Celia R.
dc.contributor.author	de la Peña, Leobert D.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-11-11T05:47:59Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-11T05:47:59Z
dc.date.issued	2004-12
dc.identifier.citation	Lavilla-Pitogo, C. R., & De la Peña, L. D. (2004). Diseases in farmed mud crabs Scylla spp.: diagnosis, prevention, and control. Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines: Aquaculture Dept., Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9718511717
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10862/1709
dc.description	Aquaculture production has suffered many set-backs due to the occurrence of diseases. Many of the diseases are caused by infectious organisms that are difficult to detect and need sophisticated instruments for diagnosis, but most disease occurrence and mortality in farmed aquatic animals are related to poor rearing water quality. It is, therefore, important for technicians and farmers to recognize the relationship between the animals they culture and the aquatic environment. The Government of Japan, through the Regional Fish Disease Project, funded research on diseases affecting mud crabs in order to come up with sound prevention and control methods. This book is a collection of observations gathered from various research and commercial culture activities, and gives emphasis on disease recognition using simple techniques and gross observations of affected crabs. However, since many of the diseases are caused by microorganisms, microscopy is an important technique for their diagnosis. The authors of the book encourage active cooperation between farmers and diagnostic laboratories for disease identification, prevention, and control in order to build up more information to increase production. The Regional Fish Disease Project supports sustainable mud crab production and hopes that farmers and other users of this book will attain their production goals.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Aquaculture Dept., Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center	en
dc.subject	Scylla serrata	en
dc.subject	Scylla tranquebarica	en
dc.subject	Scylla olivacea	en
dc.subject	Scylla paramamosain	en
dc.title	Diseases in farmed mud crabs Scylla spp.: Diagnosis, prevention, and control.	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.subject.asfa	disease control	en
dc.subject.asfa	crustacean culture	en
dc.subject.scientificName	Scylla serrata	en