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Current fish disease problems in the Philippines and their economic impact
(1987)
An account is given of fish disease problems facing the aquaculture industry in the Philippines. The Laguna de Bay fish kills that occurred in December 1985 and February 1986, involving epizootic ulcerative syndrome of ...
Effects of storage on the microbial quality of slipper oysters, Crassostrea iredalei
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1986)
The effects of storage on the microbial quality of slipper oysters, Crassostrea iredalei, were examined. Oysters were stored at room temperature (24°C), under a blanket of ice (3-4 C), chilled (4-C) and frozen (-25°C) until ...
Management of fish health in broodstock and larvae of milkfish, sea bass and grouper
(The Oceanic Institute, 1996)
Historically, reports on the occurrence of disease problems in milkfish, seabass and grouper were mainly on the isolation and identification of etiological agents. Studies on the tolereance of fish to chemotherapeutants ...
Country report: Philippines
(International Development Research Centre, 1983)
Bacterial exoskeletal lesions of the tiger prawn Penaeus monodon
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1990)
Tank- and pond-reared Penaeus monodon with exoskeletal lesions were examined. The incidence rate was up to 36% for broodstock in concrete tanks and to 20% for pond-reared prawns. The increase in disease incidence was related ...
Antibiotic uptake of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii by the osmotic infiltration technique
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1986)
Erythromycin and oxytetracycline uptake by the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii , was evaluated by the two-step osmotic infiltration technique. Test prawns were immersed in 7.5% NaCl conditioning (hyperosmotic) ...
Current status of prawn farming and prawn health management in the Philippines.
(Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute, 1994)
Bacterial studies of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) outbreak in the Philippines
(Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute, 1994)
Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) is a disease of wild and cultured freshwater fishes in Asia and IndoPacific (Roberts et al., 1986; Lilley et al., 1992). In the Philippines, the first confirmed EUS outbreak is reported ...
Dietary manipulation to control the chronic soft-shell syndrome in tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon Fabricius.
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1990)
Penaeus monodon collected from brackishwater ponds in Iloilo, Philippines, were induced to become soft-shelled in the laboratory for 3-4 weeks. Eight isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets containing 0:0; 0:1; 1:0; 1:0.2; ...
Studies on the sources of luminescent Vibrio harveyi in Penaeus monodon hatcheries
(Asian Fisheries Society, Fish Health Section, 1992)
One of the major problems in the otherwise highly successful Penaeus monodon hatchery industry in the Philippines is the occurrence of luminescent bacterial disease due to Vibrio harveyi. The possible sources of the bacteria ...