Common diseases of farmed shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and laboratory diagnostitic methods

Emerging Infectious Diseases Affecting Farmed Shrimp in farming countries. High-risk activities such as transporting broodstock, larvae and food from contaminated areas and upsetting the environment balance have been cited as causes of the emergence and spread of shrimp diseases. Having disease management programs in clean countries is very important in preventing the occurrence of these pathogens as well as timely diagnosis of the disease and proper treatment and prevention of its spread. Various methods have been reported for the diagnosis of diseases, including molecular methods, in situ hybridization method, dot blot hybridization, ELISA and pathobiology method.