Specific pathogen-free assurance of imported Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) in the Aquatic Quarantine Facility, Chennai.

摘要

This article reports on the Specific OIE-listed pathogens of imported Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei being screened at the Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. AQF screens all these pathogens and quarantines the shrimp consignments before they are dispatched to hatcheries. This system was effective in producing disease resistant shrimps which is the reason why the AQF facility in Chennai was set up and from its operation in July 2009, it continues to fulfill its objective while being funded by the National Fisheries Development Board and operates as an extension facility of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture and ensures the SPF status of P. vannamei imported by shrimp farmers and their hatchery operators.