Tilapia are the 3rd most cultured aquaculture species in global aquaculture, produced in over 170 countries. Bangladesh is the world's fourth-largest tilapia producer and yet only few studies have been conducted to understand ...

Support shrimp and prawn disease investigation work with USDA Winrock funded SAFETI project

One Health is a simple philosophy reminding us that the health of all life on earth is inter-connected. It considers how maintenance or alteration in 'health status' of one part of the environment-human-organism triad ...

Investigation of Bagda broodstock, pathogen detection in Macrobrachium rosenbergii hatcheries, capacity building through training

Sixteen countries, including Bangladesh, have reported the presence of tilapia lake virus (TiLV), an emerging tilapia pathogen. Fish polyculture is a common farming practice in Bangladesh. Some unusual mortalities reported ...

The report describes screening of shrimp/prawn pathogens including WSSV, AHPND, MrTV, MrGV, IHHNV, IMNV, MBV, EHP, training on bacterial diseases in penaeid shrimp and its detection techniques. Feed specialist conducted ...

According to figures from the FAO, Egypt and Bangladesh are the third and fourth largest tilapia producers, respectively, after China and Indonesia. Absence of accurate baseline data relating to fish health, disease ...

Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) is an emerging pathogen in aquaculture, reportedly affecting farmed tilapia in 16 countries across multiple continents. Following an early warning in 2017 that TiLV might be widespread, we executed ...