Browsing The News Today by Subject "animal diseases"

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    • DA eyes shrimp production of 1000,000 MT 

      (The News Today, July 11, 2008, on page 8)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing to increase shrimp production to 1000,000 metric tons (MT) in five years via the large- scale production of Penaeus vannamei, or Pacific white shrimp. Agriculture Undersecretary ...

    • Molecular diagnosis for shrimp and fish diseases now available at SEAFDEC/AQD 

      (The News Today, November 23, 2001, on page 10)
      Viruses has been the long-time scourage of the aquaculture industry. The presence or absence of these viruses often spells the difference between profit and loss. The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WVSSV) for shrimp, the Viral ...

    • Seafdec AQD launches how-to manuals 

      Catubig, Ariel B. (The News Today, October 1, 2000, on page 2)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) recently launched four new how-to manuals. These are the "Mudcrab production in brackish ponds," "Grouper culture in floating net cages" ...

    • 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 ...