Brazil Reports Listed Shrimp Disease

The Brazilian veterinary authority sent Immediate Notification dated 26 August to OIE.

The report describes the discovery of the infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus at Canavieiras in Bahia state on 30 July.

The virus was found during a routine PCR test at a marine shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) grow-out farm in a semi-closed saltwater production system. The population showed no clinical signs of the disease.

TheFishSite News Desk

Sign up for our
regular news updates

Related news items:

•    Pfizer Welcomes Agreement With Elanco On Divested Assets
•    NPC Appoint New General Manager
•    Cold Weather Delays Vaccination
•    Shrimp, Lobster Disappearing Fast
•    100,000 Salmon Escape

Related News Categories: Fish Health, Shrimp and Prawns

Sign up for our
regular news updates

More Fish Industry News

•    Prevention And Punishment Of Salmon Escapes
•   More Chinook And Fewer Coho For California
•   Cooke Aquaculture Expands
•   World's Largest Wild Scallop Fishery Enters MSC Assessment
•   Fusion Marine Wins Major Orders
•   Feed Manual To Be Launched At Cancun Congress
•   Pfizer Welcomes Agreement With Elanco On Divested Assets
•   Seafood Industry Year In Review For 2009
•   Partnership To Deliver Marine Evidence
•   Eras Boosts Fish Production