Browsing by Subject "viral diseases"

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    • BFAR eyes lifting of ban on P. vannamei shrimp 

      Padua, Reinir (Malaya, October 14, 2005, on page B12)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has temporarily suspended the breeding of the Pacific White shrimp also known as Peneus vannamei broodstocks in Dagupan City due to the pond's low salinity. Dr. John ...

    • Clinic for 'sick' fish 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, August 25, 2002, on page 1)
      And now, a "clinic for sick fish." The facility is the Diagnostic Service Unit set up by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. To assist the fishy ...

    • Hawaii warns diners of risks of raw food 

      Associated Press (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2016, on page A11)
      Honolulu—Hawaii authorities are urging diners to be aware of the risks of eating raw and undercooked food after they traced a hepatitis A outbreak to frozen scallops served raw at a sushi restaurant chain. The department ...

    • Local shrimp industry seen to regain strength 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, August 11, 2002, on page B-2)
      Close to a thousand shrimp growers in the country met recently in Bacolod City and agreed to join hands in solving the problems besetting the shrimp industry. In a display of oneness, they hammered out seven urgent resolutions ...

    • Need for environmental literacy 

      Garcia, Moises Norman; Cobar-Garcia, Maria Rosaro Virginia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2016, on page A16)
      Nowadays, no one could deny the urgency of the major environmental problems, particularly global warming and climate change, because of the threat to humanity’s existence. The cause is the unprecedented greenhouse gas ...

    • New methods could control fish disease 

      Villamor, Marites S. (BusinessWorld, January 28, 2010, on page S1/8)
      Scientists at the Iloilo-based Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have developed methods and vaccines to control the viral nervous necrosis disease in economically ...

    • Probe on banned 'suahe' shrimp sought 

      Rosario, Ben R. (Manila Bulletin, June 20, 2005, on page 12)
      Party-list lawmakers have asked the House of Representatives to conduct a probe into the proliferation in the local market of banned Pacific or western white shrimps, popularly known as "suahe." Warning that the unabated ...

    • Revitalization of shrimp industry 

      (Panay News, March 16, 2016, on page 16)
      Cultivated shrimp is a vital foreign exchange earner for the Philippines, making the country the 6th largest producer of the marine crustacean with an annual production of about 50,000 metric tons. Unfortunately, the ...

    • SEAFDEC develops vaccine against devastating fish virus 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, September 9, 2011, on page A9-A10)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo - A vaccine is being field tested against a virus that causes one of the world's most lethal fish diseases that wipes out entire stocks. "The emergence of fish diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and ...

    • Seafdec meets head on diseases threatening aquaculture industry 

      PN (Panay News, January 25, 2002, on page 4-14)
      Recognizing that the aquaculture industry in Western Visayas is the continuously threatened by diseases, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) recently co-organized a two ...

    • Seafdec-AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms 

      (SunStar Philippines, June 16, 2007, on page 4-11)
      In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as ...

    • SEAFDEC/AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms 

      (Visayan Daily Headlines, June 16, 2007, on page 2-6)
      In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as ...

    • SEAFDEC/AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms 

      (The News Today, June 18, 2007, on page 4)
      In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as ...

    • SEAFDEC: Ensure biosecurity for shrimp farms 

      (The Visayan Daily Star, June 18, 2007, on page 17)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center said it will provide free diagnostic services to shrimp farmers who suspect or experience a disease outbreak. SEAFDEC said in a press release that in its recent biosecurity ...

    • Shrimp congress upholds environment-friendly culture 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, July 4, 2002, on page 5-12)
      The national congress for the shrimp industry held here last July 1-3, 2002 presented latest advancements in technology and scientific studies relegated to shrimp farming and disease prevention. The congress attended by ...

    • Water from Butuanon River tests negative for poliovirus 

      JJL (SunStar Philippines, April 14, 2020, on page 3)
      More than 200 water samples taken from the Butuanon River in Mandaue City tested negative for the poliovirus. After initial reports that the Butuanon River was contaminated with the poliovirus, the Metropolitan Cebu Water ...

    • World experts hold meet on shrimp, fish diseases 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2002, on page G-3)
      Fifty of the world's top researchers in shrimp and fish viruses met here recently and tackled the disease problems afflicting aquaculture species. The scientific conference was organized by Southeast Asian Fisheries ...