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A review on the diseases of freshwater prawns with special focus on white tail disease of M acrobrachium rosenbergii
Author(s) -
Pillai Devika,
Bonami Jean Robert
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.03061.x
Subject(s) - macrobrachium rosenbergii , prawn , biology , fishery , aquaculture , shrimp , agriculture , freshwater fish , macrobrachium , shrimp farming , freshwater shrimp , crustacean , ecology , decapoda , fish <actinopterygii>
Freshwater prawns, particularly, the G iant F reshwater prawn M acrobrachium rosenbergii, are one of the most economically important farmed species in the world. Faced with increasing disease problems in penaeid shrimp culture, farmers turned to freshwater prawn farming. Freshwater prawns were considered relatively less susceptible to diseases. However, with intensification of culture and increased world trade of the farmed species, emerging diseases are beginning to constitute an increasingly serious health problem in freshwater prawn culture. This article is a review of the important diseases reported in freshwater prawns, with particular emphasis on the white tail disease of M . rosenbergii as it is the most important disease recorded to date and also the most well studied among the diseases of freshwater prawns. Steps to be taken for proper health management in the farming of this species is also touched upon.