Browsing Malaya by Subject "animal diseases"

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    • Affordable test for shrimp disease 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, April 10, 2018, on page A2)
      A highly sensitive tool that detects a disease that affects shrimps has been developed at the University of Santo Tomas (UST). The technology helps detect Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) or Early Mortality ...

    • 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 ...

    • The effects are maddening as they go viral 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, September 9, 2011, on page A9-A10)
      Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) is caused by betanodaviruses, or spherical viruses that targets the nervous system and kills brain cells in fish in order to survive and thrive. When it hits, VNN causes fish to act crazy. It ...

    • Feeling shortage of crabs, prawns? Solon blames virus 

      Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, April 16, 2014, on page B2)
      The vice chair of the House Committee on Agriculture to Address the spread of the "white spot syndrome virus" which has been threatening the country's fishpond industry, infecting crustaceans. "It has been reported that ...

    • Heavy Antibiotics, chemical abuse poison fish industry's health 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, March 16, 2012, on page A1-A10)
      The heavy use of chemicals and antibiotics in aquaculture may result in disease outbreaks and even the collapse of the industry, the head of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) warns. "Chemical and ...

    • PCSO partners with Navy, DENR for coastal cleanup 

      Busque, Shelly (The Manila Times, December 26, 2018, on page D3)
      Marine pollution — as people know but do not really pay attention to – is any human-made material that is thrown, abandoned or amassed on the coast, bay, beach, waterways that lead to the ocean, or in the ocean itself. ...

    • RP shrimp farmers to raise antibiotic-free shrimps 

      (Malaya, July 14, 2002, on page 2)
      Armed with the latest technologies in shrimp culture, the country's shrimp growers hope to regain its position in the world's top prawn producers by committing to produce antibiotic-free shrimps grown only in environment-friendly ...