Muscle degeneration associated with cotton shrimp disease of Penaeus indicus |
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| Authors: | P Ramasamy R Jayakumar G P Brennan |
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| Institution: | Department of Zoology, Life Sciences Building, University of Madras, Chennai, India,;School of Biology &Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK |
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| Abstract: | Microsporidian disease of prawns has generally been recognized by the progressive white opacity associated with the musculature. Such microsporidian-infected prawns are known as 'cotton shrimp', 'milky white' or 'chalky white' prawns. Microsporidians have been reported from prawns of several genera, notably Penaeus , Pandalus and Crangon ( Sprague & Couch 1971 ; Newman, Johnson & Pauley 1976 ). These diseases are highly pathogenic and cause epizootics in feral crustacean populations ( Iverson & Manning 1959 ; Overstreet 1973 ; Lightner, Fontaine & Hanks 1975 ; Sindermann 1990 ). |
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