Species data

Common names

Name:

Prawn, giant river

Family:

Freshwater prawns and shrimps

Name:

Marine crustacea

Latin names

Name:

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Family:

Palaemonidae

Name:

Natantia

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) infections in giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	Detection of new hosts for white spot syndrome virus of shrimp using nested polymerase chain reaction.
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Experimental demonstration	Detection of white spot baculovirus (WSBV) in giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, using polymerase chain reaction.
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	Detection of white spot baculovirus (WSBV) in giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, using polymerase chain reaction. Detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in wild captured shrimp and in non-cultured crustaceans from shrimp ponds in Bangladesh by polymerase chain reaction.
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Experimental demonstration	Experimental host range and histopathology of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection in shrimp, prawns, crabs and lobsters from India.
White Spot Syndrome Virus	Natural occurrence	White spot syndrome associated virus (WSBV) detected in cultured and captured shrimp, crabs and other arthropods.
White Tail Disease	Natural occurrence	A viral disease associated with mortalities in hatchery-reared postlarvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii Extra small virus-like particles (XSV) and nodavirus associated with whitish muscle disease in the giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) White Tail Disease White tail disease of the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii: separation of the associated virions and characterization of MrNV as a new type of nodavirus. White tail disease, Australia [Immediate notification]

Countries affected

Country	Reference
Australia	Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region). White tail disease, Australia [Immediate notification]
Bangladesh	Detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in wild captured shrimp and in non-cultured crustaceans from shrimp ponds in Bangladesh by polymerase chain reaction.
China (Peoples Rep. of)	Extra small virus-like particles (XSV) and nodavirus associated with whitish muscle disease in the giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. White Tail Disease
Dominican (Rep.)	White Tail Disease
French West Indies	White Tail Disease
Guadeloupe (French Overseas Department)	A viral disease associated with mortalities in hatchery-reared postlarvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
India	Studies on the occurrence of Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus and extra small virus-like particles associated with white tail disease of M. rosenbergii in India by RT-PCR detection. White Tail Disease
Indonesia	Screening of parasitic and IHHNV infections in wild giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii from Rejang River at Kuching, Sarawak.
Malaysia	Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2008 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2009 (Asia and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2013 (Asia and Pacific Region).
Martinique (French Overseas Department)	A viral disease associated with mortalities in hatchery-reared postlarvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Myanmar (Burma)	White tail disease, Myanmar [Immediate notification (final report) 05/09/17]
Taipei China	White Tail Disease
Taiwan	Histological and electron microscopic study on Macrobrachium muscle virus (MMV) infection in the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man), cultured in Taiwan.
Thailand	White tail disease of the giant freshwater prawn Machrobrachium rosenbergii in Thailand

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