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Molecular detection of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in Penaeus vannamei shrimps in Costa Rica
2020-06-01
Abstract excerpt
Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is a bacterial disease associated to severe mortality in farmed shrimps, and caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus containing plasmid pVA-1 encoding pirA and pirB toxins. This study investigates the presence of Vibrio spp. carrying plasmid pVA-1 in post larvae and juveniles Penaeus vannamei from farms located in Costa Rica. Moreover, a possible corelation between Vibrio...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8d78a806-f3cc-52ff-8bfe-4c8494e97c02
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735190
