Abstract

This Handbook is intended to provide members of the shrimp culture industry with the most current information on the major diseases of cultured penaeid shrimp and with the most appropriate diagnostic procedures for these diseases. Diagnosticians, pathologists, and researchers working in the shrimp culture industry will find within this volume the most current and appropriate diagnostic procedures for the major infectious and non-infectious diseases of cultured penaeid shrimp. Printed in a loose leaf format the manual may be updated and personalized ensuring the book's relevance as technologies advance and as new agents are studied.