Effect of microsporidian parasite Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)on pond profitability in farmed pacific white leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
Effect of microsporidian parasite Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)on pond profitability in farmed pacific white leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
In recent years, a number of diseases have been negatively effecting on shrimp aquaculture. More recently, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP), a microsporidian parasite causes Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis (HPM) to be associated with white feces syndrome (WFS) and slow (retarded or stunted) growth in farmed L. vannamei (pacific white leg shrimp) in many of the shrimp growing countries in Asia, also in India. Numerous studies revealed that the pathogen causing significant economic losses to th