Managing Shrimp Health: Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Diseases

The shrimp health and EHP workshop focuses on various aspects of shrimp health management, with a particular emphasis on the management of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS), Hepatopancreatic Microsporidiosis (HPM), and diseases caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP), which is a major limiting factor in shrimp culture.

This microsporidian parasite infects both the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, and the Pacific white leg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, in Asian aquaculture. EHP causes hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis (HPM) that slows down growth. Controlling EHP is challenging as too little is known about its environmental reservoirs and modes of transmission.

Date:
10 – 13, Jul 2023 (4 days)

Venue:
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathum Thani campus, and Centex Shrimp – Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Course fee:
US$ 1500 per person (including accommodation and meals).

By the end of the course, you will have a comprehensive understanding of major shrimp diseases and their control. You will also acquire hands-on laboratory skills to manage farmed-shrimp stocks and effectively promote health and farm productivity. You will also be able to visit commercial shrimp farms and hatcheries in Thailand, helping you sustainably optimize shrimp production.

Topics covered include:

a) An overview of emerging infectious diseases and disease diagnosis, prevention and control strategies
b) Overview of microsporidian infections in crustaceans
c) EHP: Discovery, characterization and current knowledge, and its management
d) Shrimp immunity, gut microbiome, RNAi technology
e) Feed additives and strategies to enhance shrimp immunity
f) Best practices in shrimp farming, including water quality management, feeding regimes enhancing the immunity, probiotics and bioactive compounds for disease prevention, and environmental monitoring for disease management

Register yourself now at Shrimp Health & EHP Workshop-registration