Yingyue Yu, Songyue You, Chengcheng Feng, Xiaodong Li, Yuenan Xing, Qingbiao Hu, Jie Bao, Hongbo Jiang
During breeding, some oriental river prawns (Macrobrachium nipponense, de Haan), an important aquaculture species in China, exhibit yellowish-brown body colouration, reduced appetite, and vitality. Diseased prawns revealed characteristic emulsifying disease signs, including whitened musculature, hepatopancreatic tissues, milky haemolymph, and non-coagulation. The present study investigated the causative agent of M. nipponense infection through isolation, histopathology, molecular sequencing, and infection experiments...
February 29, 2024: Journal of Fish Diseases