Effect of thermal shock on hsp70 expression and innate protection against vibrio infection in the white-leg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)

• Main Author: Nguyen, Hong Loc
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2013
• Subjects: QP 552 .H43 N4 2012; Nguyen, Hong Loc; Tesis FPAI 2012; Heat shock proteins
• Online Access: http://dspace.psnz.umt.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2441
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Exposure to long-term hyperthermic stress disrupts the normal physiological processes of shrimp, and under severe conditions may decrease immune response towards disease and infection, resulting in mortality. Short-term heat stress, however, promotes bacterial and viral disease tolerance, possibly...