A white spot disease-like syndrome in the Pacific blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris) as a form of bacterial shell disease

doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00284-7

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A white spot disease-like syndrome in the Pacific blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris) as a form of bacterial shell disease

Publication Type

Publication

Publication date

2000-03

Language

English

Full Text

http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2000/publication-373.pdf (0.22 Mo)

Author(s)

Goarant Cyrille, Brizard Raphael, Marteau Anne-Laure

Affiliation(s):

IFREMER Nouvelle Caledonie, Lab Rech Aquacole, Stn Aquaculture St Vincent, Noumea 98845, New Caledonia.

Source:

Aquaculture (0044-8486) (Elsevier), 2000-03 , Vol. 183 , N. 1-2 , P. 25-30

DOI:

10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00284-7

Subject(s)

Aquaculture

Keyword(s)

New Caledonia, white spot syndrome, Aquaculture, Pathogenic bacteria, Shrimp culture, Crustaceans, Diseases, Litopenaeus stylirostris

Abstract

In May 1997, some white lesions evoking the white spot syndrome disease were observed in Litopenaeus stylirostris broodstock in New Caledonia. The occurrence of these lesions was neither associated with mortality, nor with histological evidence of white spot syndrome baculovirus (WSBV), The evidence suggests that these lesions result from a form of bacterial disease and are associated with an increased bacterial flora on the outer surface of the cuticle, as well as an increased incidence throughout the molt cycle. A microscopic observation of these lesions allows them to be differentiated from WSBV-associated lesions.

How to cite this document:

Goarant Cyrille, Brizard Raphael, Marteau Anne-Laure (2000). A white spot disease-like syndrome in the Pacific blue shrimp (Litopenaeus stylirostris) as a form of bacterial shell disease. Aquaculture, 183(1-2), 25-30. Publisher's official version : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00284-7 , Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/373/