Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Prevention of Fish and Shrimp Diseases in Southeast Asia: General information

Abstract

Research is the main component of the Regional Fish Disease Project supported by the Government of Japan (GOJ) Trust Fund. When the project started in 2000, research was undertaken by scientists of the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department only. Subsequently, scientists from three research institutions under the Department of Fisheries in Thailand and those from the SEAFDEC Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD) in Singapore joined the project in 2001 and 2002, respectively. During the period from 2000 to 2004, a total of 29 research studies were conducted in the following five categories: <ul><li>Establishment and standardization of diagnostic methods</li><li>Biology and pathogenesis of disease pathogens</li><li>Disease prevention and control</li><li>Establishment of evaluation methods for residual chemicals in aquaculture products</li><li>Epizootiology and prevention of koi herpesvirus disease</li></ul>