The Penaeid Shrimp Viruses TSV, IHHNV, WSSV, and YHV: Current Status in the Americas, Available Diagnostic Methods, and Management Strategies

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 27-52

  Lightner, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnostics; Shrimp; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ASIA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ECUADOR; GENE PROBE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MORTALITY; PENAEID SHRIMP VIRUS; RUNT DEFORMITY SYNDROME; TAURA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WHITE SPOT SYNDROME; WILD RELATIVE; YELLOW HEAD DISEASE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SHRIMP CULTURE; VIRUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033505308     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v09n02_03     Document Type: Article

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