Shrimp aquaculture has been growing rapidly over the last three decades. However, high-density aquaculture together with environmental degradation has led to increased incidence of shrimp infections.

The experimental shrimp, L. vannamei, were cultured in 25°C ± 1°C circulating seawater in our laboratory, and fed three times a day with equal weight commercial feed pellets. The shrimp with the body ...