Health & Welfare
Portable diagnostic tool detects White Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimp within 24 hours
New Seek Labs tool detects White Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimp 24 hours post-infection, offering a cost-effective, lab-free solution.
Health & Welfare
Canadian firm to develop rapid disease test for fish and shellfish aquaculture
Onda secures funding to develop a rapid disease test for faster, cost-effective aquaculture disease detection in fish and shellfish.
Health & Welfare
ViAqua Therapeutics secures funding for RNA-based aquaculture disease management
A funding round of $8.25 million enables ViAqua to scale RNA-based solutions for aquaculture disease and invest in R&D for future products.
Innovation & Investment
Manolin begins automated disease alert system for salmon farmers
Norway-based software and data analytics firm Manolin launched a service to automatically alert farmers about nearby non-notifiable diseases.
Intelligence
Ongoing production issues in shrimp farming, part 1
More R&D and investment is needed to address various ongoing issues in shrimp farming, including genetic improvement, nutritional requirements and feed ingredients, health management and other issues.
Health & Welfare
Dietary strategies for disease management in the post-antibiotic era
Policies to limit antibiotic use spurred interest in alternative strategies, such as dietary supplementation with immunostimulants and other compounds.
Health & Welfare
Proactive disease management in shrimp
Proactive shrimp disease management, or prevention, is preferable to reactive treatment. Prevention can, however, can be costlier in the short term.