Boost the country’s shrimp industry, an alternative to expensive disease detection methods in shrimps was developed. The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has developed a technology to detect shrimp diseases, particularly the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and Vibrio spp. The technology uses loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), a cost-effective alternative to the more expensive and conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and standard microbiological techniques.

Yap, J. P. (2016, July 22). Detect shrimp diseases. Panay News, p. 10.