Typical pond side culture Perhaps the single largest biosecurity gap, right after not ensuring that broodstock are clean, in dealing with AHPNS is the continued pond side growout of bacteria without appropriate quality control and oversight This poses a serious biosecurity risk: AHPNS causing bacteria thrive under these conditions. Please note that I am not saying that the products being activated are problematic; this I have no way of knowing one way or another. We sel

The Office International des Epizooties, known by the acronym OIE, was founded almost 100 years ago. In May 2003 it broadened its scope and changed its name to the World Organization for Animal Health. Its stated mission is to ensure the transparent dissemination of animal health challenges with the goal of ensuring optimal animal health largely via education. The end result one would expect is a sustainable industry with effective controls in place for minimizing the impa

There is one real measure of success in shrimp and fish farming much as there is with any other agricultural activity. The value of the crop at harvest minus the cost of producing the crop is the profit for the farmer. As with any business, profits are what sustain it. Shrimp farming, as a whole, is a slowly maturing multinational agrisector prone to fluctuations in output largely as a result of biosecurity lapses. Diseases are the bane of shrimp farmers globally. Thei

The quantities of shrimp farmed globally continue to increase. More than 5 million MTs of shrimp will be produced on farms in 2022, with some estimates as much as double this. There are still many parts of the world where shrimp could be farmed and provide a source of jobs and revenue for local economies. Development is slowly expanding into these areas although if history is to guide us it will be filled with failures. Progress will be at best tentative. In Ecuador, cu