The family Bacillaceae bacteria, particularly Bacillus communities, are useful and attractive probiotics with desirable features to fulfill the vast demand for aquaculture. In Hainan Island, the coastal aquaculture ponds hold about 1% of the total area in China, whereas the knowledge of Bacillaceae ...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a short-lived radical generated by nitric oxide synthases (NOS). NO is involved in a variety of functions in invertebrates, including host defense. In previous studies, we isolated and sequenced for the first time the NOS gene from hemocytes of Panulirus argus, demonstrating...

Bacterial, fungal, protozoan and viral infectious diseases are widespread among natural fish population. Various fish species, shrimps, crabs, giant freshwater prawns are being cultivated in different parts of India. Disease becomes evident only when stressful condition occurs in fish. However, the ...

Autophagy is known as crucial components of crustacean innate immunity against pathogens. The dynamic changes of autophagy level during infectious disease is apparently related to disease severity, which needs to deeply understand for a health development and management of aquaculture. In this...

These proceedings presents papers from the 9th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, last 24-28 November 2014. Topics of papers focused on the identification, detection, prevention and control of diseases (viral and bacterial in origin) affecting fish and ...

CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs), the well-known vaccine adjuvant in mammals, have been proved to mount innate immune responses in crustaceans. In the present study, CpG ODNs was employed as supplements in diets to fed crab Eriocheir sinensis, and the changes of immune parameters as well as weight...

Biofloc shrimp culture, as a way of improving shrimp production, gains worldwide consideration. However, the effects of the biofloc system on shrimp culture at high densities could be a challenge. Here, this study is aimed at identifying a better stocking density of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus...

Aeromonas hydrophila (A. hydrophila) as a serious bacterial disease endangering aquaculture and the Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) industry. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of A. hydrophila on the antioxidant, inflammation, immunity and apoptosis of the E....

Honeysuckle stem had been used as feed additives to modulate immunity in breeding industry, which was limited in the aquaculture field. In this study, the immunomodulation of honeysuckle stem ethanol extract (designed as HSE) on Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis was detected. The crabs fed...