A necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (NHP) outbreak in a shrimp farm in Campeche, Mexico: A first case report

Shrimp culture is the most profitable type of aquaculture in Mexico and it is highly developed in the northern states of the Pacific coast. A reduced number of commercial shrimp farms have been established along the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and have initiated operations with Litopenaeus vannam...

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Published in:Aquaculture 2006-05, Vol.255 (1), p.606-609
Main Authors: del Río-Rodríguez, R.E., Soto-Rodríguez, S., Lara-Flores, M., Cu-Escamilla, A.D., Gomez-Solano, M.I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal aquaculture
Animal productions
Aquaculture
bacterial infections
Biological and medical sciences
Campeche
Case studies
Crustacea
disease detection
disease outbreaks
first case report
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gangrene
General aspects
histopathology
Invertebrates
Litopenaeus vannamei
Marine
Native species
Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis
Nonnative species
pathogen identification
Penaeidae
Shellfish
Shrimp
shrimp culture
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Summary:Shrimp culture is the most profitable type of aquaculture in Mexico and it is highly developed in the northern states of the Pacific coast. A reduced number of commercial shrimp farms have been established along the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and have initiated operations with Litopenaeus vannamei. The Federal Government is concerned about the use of exotic species for aquaculture and has prompted research on domestication of Gulf of Mexico native penaeids. This paper reports the first outbreak of necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (NHP) in a farm culturing L. vannamei in Campeche State, Southern Mexico. The implications of this finding with respect to native shrimp species and aquaculture development for the region are discussed.
ISSN:0044-8486
1873-5622
DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.12.014