Crustaceans

Anyone dining out in many countries and certainly England would expect to find prawn cocktail as a starter on the menu, although in fact the crustacean they are eating may well be shrimp. Most diners will not give much thought as to the origin of the crustacea…

This research focuses on the gher farming systems in southwest Bangladesh and which systems are more beneficial economically, through yielding rice or prawn or, in combination, write Shamim Parvez, The WorldFish Center, M. Salekuzzaman, Khulna University, M. E…

Sand polychaetes (Perinereis nuntia) have been used as a live feed to boost reproductive maturation before mating in hatchery farms in Thailand. However, no study has evaluated the effect of polychaetes on performance and physiology of the sperm of the domesti…

The White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and Penaeus stylirostris penstyldensovirus 1 (previously named Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus-IHHNV) are two of the most important viral pathogens of penaeid shrimp. Carlos A G Leal, Federal Universi…