Variation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from a single Thai shrimp farm experiencing an outbreak of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)

• Main Authors: Jyoti Joshi, Jiraporn Srisala, Viet Hong Truong, I. Tung Chen, Bunlung Nuangsaeng, Orasa Suthienkul, Chu Fang Lo, Timothy W. Flegel, Kallaya Sritunyalucksana, Siripong Thitamadee
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/33017

The Thai Department of Fisheries (DOF), 2013 estimated that outbreaks of acute early mortality (often called early mortality syndrome or EMS) in cultivated shrimp were responsible for a 33% drop in shrimp production during the first quarter of 2013. Similar early mortality in Vietnam was ascribed to...