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Selective breeding and preliminary commercial performance of Penaeus vannamei for resistance to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV)
2012-10-01
Abstract excerpt
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has caused significant economic losses in shrimp farming industry. In this paper, WSSV was injected into Penaeus vannamei and the survivors were used for breeding of WSSV-resistant broodstock. During year 2002 to 2007, 120 full-sib WSSV-resistant families were established. Experimental WSSV challenging tests showed that the survival rates of generation 2 (G₂), G₃, G₄ and G₅ were 5....
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- Literature Corpus work
- bd9b5e3c-e0cc-5603-ac96-49f6955336c5
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.08.002
