Species data

Common names

Name:

Prawn, kuruma

Family:

Penaeid shrimps

Name:

Marine crustacea

Latin names

Name:

Penaeus japonicus

Family:

Penaeidae

Name:

Natantia

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Baculoviral Midgut Gland Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Baculovirus infection of cultured Kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus in Japan. Infection source of baculoviral mid-gut necrosis (BMN) in mass production of kuruma shrimp larvae, Penaeus japonicus.
Baculoviral Midgut Gland Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition).
Baculoviral Midgut Gland Necrosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). Studies on baculoviral mid-gut gland necrosis of kuruma shrimp (Penaeus japonicus).
Hepatopancreatic parvovirus disease	Natural occurrence	Hepatopancreatic parvovirus disease
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Diseases of cultured penaeid shrimp.
Mourilyan virus disease	Natural occurrence	Mourilyan virus disease
Taura Syndrome	Experimental demonstration	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	Development of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure for the detection of baculovirus associated with white spot syndrome (WSBV) in penaeid shrimp. Diagnostic techniques of the rod-shaped nuclear virus infection in the kuruma shrimp, Penaeus japonicus. DNA fragment of Penaeus monodon baculovirus PmNOBII gives positive in situ hybridization with viral infections in 6 penaeid shrimp species. Light and electron microscopic evidence of white spot disease in the giant tiger shrimp. Penaeus monodon (Fabricius), and the kuruma shrimp, Penaeus japonicus (Bate), cultured in Taiwan. Mass mortalities of cultured kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus in Japan in 1993: electron microscopic evidence of the causative virus. Mass mortalities of cultured kuruma shrimp, Penaeus japonicus, in Japan in 1993: epizootiological survey and infection trials. Mass mortalities of cultured kuruma shrimp, Penaeus japonicus, in Japan in 1993: histopathological study. OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). Pathogenicity of a baculovirus infection causing white spot syndrome in cultured penaeid shrimp in Taiwan. The penaeid rod-shaped DNA virus (PRDV), which causes penaeid acute viremia (PAV). White spot syndrome associated virus (WSBV) detected in cultured and captured shrimp, crabs and other arthropods. White spot syndrome virus infection of cultured shrimp in China.
Yellowhead Disease	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
Yellowhead Disease	Unknown	OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).

Countries affected

Country	Reference
Australia	World Animal Health in 2004. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. Page 59 (3).
Japan	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
Korea, Republic of	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). The status of culture and diseases of penaeid shrimp in Korea.
Taipei China	Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region)
Taiwan	Yellow head disease-like virus infection in the Kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus cultured in Taiwan.

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