Crustacean aquaculture represents a major industry in tropical developing countries. As a
result of high culture densities and increasing extension of aquaculture farms, the presence …

Penaeid shrimp aquaculture has been consistently affected worldwide by devastating
diseases that cause a severe loss in production. To fight a variety of harmful microbes in the …

Crustins are antibacterial proteins of ca. 7–14kDa with a characteristic four-disulphide core-
containing whey acidic protein (WAP) domain, expressed by the circulating haemocytes of …

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 …

ABSTRACT In the period from 1970-1990, the worldwide shrimp industry was dependent on
post larvae (PL) from wild sources. Grow-out systems were relatively simple, water …

Anti-lipopolysaccharide factors (ALFs), originally characterized from horseshoe crabs, have
been recently identified from hemocytes of the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, by a …

Antimicrobial peptides are an essential component of the innate immune system of most
organisms. Expressed sequence tag analysis from various shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) …

In all previous studies, to study shrimp immune response, bacteria were directly injected into
the shrimp body and as a consequence the initial step of a natural interaction was omitted. In …

Crustaceans are a large and diverse invertebrate animal group that mounts a complex and
efficient innate immune response against a variety of microorganisms. The crustacean …

The present study evaluated the effects of dietary black soldier fly larvae meal (BSF) on
growth, intestinal health and susceptibility to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Pacific white shrimp …