Health & Welfare
Viral testing spurs proactive measures for Fiji’s black tiger shrimp
As Fiji considers a change in culture species from blue to black tiger shrimp, a study evaluated viruses in the country’s wild P. monodon stocks.
Health & Welfare
Study: TSV exposure may lessen YHV effects in white shrimp
Since Taura syndrome virus was in the Americas when yellow head virus become pandemic in Asia, it is possible TSV prevented shrimp in the Western Hemisphere from infection by materials from Asia containing YHV. To test this idea, the authors evaluated the viral interactions in shrimp preinfected with TSV and then challenged with YHV.