Wet Mount Technique Excellent For Health Monitoring, But Not NHP Diagnosis In Slirimp

摘要

Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis is a disease of shrimp that causes slow growth, low survival and poor feed conversion. Wet mount analysis is commonly used to diagnose NI IP in ponds in Brazil. In a study, however, the wet mount technique was found inaccurate because none of the observed lesions were disease specific, not to mention the subjective interpretation involved. Polymerase chain reaction testing provides more definite proof of the presence of NHP bacteria.