Immunization is the only practical control for highly destructive infectious hematopoietic necrosis (ihn) virus infections of trout and salmon. ihn virus grown in cell culture either gives too little antigen or the material is not sufficiently antigenic for use as a killed-vaccine. butvirus… More

Aquaculture production of penaeid shrimp larvae is constrained by costly and unreliable supplies of live food, especially artemia nauplii. despite japanese and european commercialization of high quality larval feeds, a complete replacement for artemia has not yet emerged. larval shrimp production… More

Treatment of diseased finfish and shrimp larvae is limited to contact exposure with chemicals administered in the water. however, larvae require ingestion of appropriate antibiotics for fast, effective recovery from systemic bacterial infections. the aquaculture industry lacks a medicated product… More

Aquaculture wastewater management presents unique problems in treatment technology. Current methods employ settling of biosolids (fish and uneaten feed) as the primary means of treating aquaculture wastewater. Due to their fragile nature and constant contact with water, biosolids break into smaller… More