Vijayan, K K and Stalin Raj, V and Alavandi, S V and Sekar, V Thillai and Santiago, T C (2005) Incidence of white muscle disease, a viral like disease associated with mortalities in hatchery reared postlarvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) from the south east coast of India. Aquaculture Research, 36 . pp. 311-316.
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Abstract
Incidence of post-larval mortalities of 30- 100% was reported from commercial freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) hatcheries in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (south-eastern states of India) since 2001. Infec ted postlarvae (PL) exhibited clinical symptoms with lethargy, anorexia and whitening of abdominal muscles and the disease was identified as white muscle disease (WMD).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | white muscle disease; viral disease; mortality; hatchery reared postlarvae; giant freshwater prawn; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; south east coast of India |
| Subjects: | Fish Diseases Crustacean Fisheries > Prawn and Prawn fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Cochin > Physiology and Nutrition Pathology |
| ID Code: | 6887 |
| Deposited By: | Arun Surendran |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2011 16:42 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2012 11:35 |
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