The global shrimp industry still faces various serious disease-related problems that are
mainly caused by pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Understanding the host defense …

The major hindrance in the development and sustainability of aquaculture industry is the
occurrence of various diseases in the farming systems. Today, preventive and management …

This work aims to determine the impact of dietary supplementation of polysaccharide,
extracted from brown seaweeds Sargassum dentifolium on growth indices, feed utilization …

Invertebrates, including shrimp, have developed very complicated innate immune system
against pathogens. Much work has been performed on the innate immunity of shrimp …

The immunostimulatory effects of orally administered Panax ginseng root or its
polysaccharides (GSP) in white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, were investigated in this …

Beta-glucans have been studied in animal species, from earthworms to humans. They are a
heterogeneous group of glucose polymers found in fungi, plants, some bacteria, and sea …

The global production of cultured crustaceans for 2018 is predicted to be~ 8.63 million
tonnes, and shrimp represents a significant portion of cultured crustaceans. Demands for …

The prophenoloxidase (proPO) system is activated upon recognition of pathogens by pattern
recognition proteins (PRPs), including a lipopolysaccharide-and β-1, 3-glucan-binding …

The shrimp aquaculture industry is plagued by disease. Due to the lack of deep
understanding of the relationship between innate immune mechanism and environmental …

Outbreaks of infectious diseases have resulted in high mortality and huge economic losses
in penaeid shrimp culture. Interest in understanding shrimp immunity has increased …