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Antiviral property of marine actinomycetes against white spot syndrome virus in penaeid shrimps

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Title Antiviral property of marine actinomycetes against white spot syndrome virus in penaeid shrimps
 
Creator Kumar, S.S.
Philip, R.
Achuthankutty, C.T.
 
Subject White Spot Syndrome Virus
bioactive compounds
 
Description Aquaculture farms, particularly in Southeast Asia are facing severe crisis due to increasing incidences of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV). Actinomycetes have provided many important bioactive compounds of high prophylactic and therapeutic value and are continually being screened for new compounds. In this communication, the results of a study made to determine the effectiveness of marine actinomycetes against the white spot disease in penaeid shrimps are presented. Twenty-five isolates of actinomycetes were tested for their ability to reduce infection due to WSSV among cultured shrimps. When these actinomycetes were made available as feed additives to the post-larvae of the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon for two weeks and challenged with WSSV, the post challenge survival showed variations from 11 to 83%. However, six isolates have shown to be the most potential candidates for further study.
 
Date 2006-09-28T09:20:11Z
2006-09-28T09:20:11Z
2006
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science. vol.91(6), 807-811p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/436
 
Language en
 
Rights This full-text version of the paper hosted with the permission from Current Science Association.
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/index.html
 
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Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences