Early Detection of Viral Infection in shrimps possible through use of new protocol

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol has been developed for the early detection of white-spot syndrome virus (WSSV), one of the most widespread and devastating infectious agents that have hit the shrimp aquaculture industry.

Dr. Lourdes Tapay of BIOTECH_UPLB, Dr. Cesar B. Nadala, Jr. And Dr Philip C. Loh of the University of Hawaii, with support from the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Oplan Sagip Sugpo Task Force, were the developers of the method. The details of the protocol were included in an article entitled “A polymerase chain reaction protocol for the detection of various geographic isolates of the white spot virus” by the Journal of Virological Methods 82 (1999) 39-43, which won for Dr. Tapay an International Publication Award from the University of the Philippine System. Continue reading “Early Detection of Viral Infection in shrimps possible through use of new protocol”