Crustacean aquaculture, dominated by shrimp, is a highly profitable food‐producing sector
in the world. However, a variety of biotic and abiotic stressors can have adverse effect on the …

Aquaculture is the fastest‐growing animal production sector, and shrimp production already
exceeds that of the capture fishery. Viruses and bacteria account for the majority of disease …

As invertebrates, shrimps rely on multiple innate defense reactions, including humoral
immunity and cellular immunity to recognize and eliminate various invaders, such as …

Shrimp aquaculture has grown rapidly over several decades to become a major global
industry that serves the increasing consumer demand for seafood and has contributed …

Previous studies have discovered a lot of immune-related genes responding to white spot
syndrome virus (WSSV) infection in crustacean. However, little information is available in …

This chapter provides areview of recent progress in the elucidation of innate immune
mechanisms in crustaceans. Mainly due to the importance of crustacean aquaculture …

Viral diseases of shrimp have caused negative effects on the economy in several countries
in Asia, South America and America, where they have numerous shrimp culture industries …

Background Giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii or GFP), is the most
economically important freshwater crustacean species. However, as little is known about its …

From almost negligible amounts in 1970, the quantity of cultivated shrimp (∼ 3 million metric
tons in 2007) has risen to approach that of the capture fishery and it constitutes a vital source …

Dicer (Dcr) is the key protein of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. To investigate the role
of the RNAi pathway in shrimp anti-viral immunity, Litopenaeus vannamei Dcr2 (designated …