Seafood consumption is in constant increase since 1960s. Though, there is diversity in seafood consumption worldwide (per capita/per year). The increase tendency of seafood consumption in the Europe can be predicted by the fact that average seafood intake among European population is around 7 kg/per year, while recommended amount is 14.5 kg.

Artemia franciscana C. Drewes (updated, 2002) http://www.zool.iastate.edu/~c_drewes/ http://www.zool.iastate.edu/~c_drewes/Artemph.jpg Taxonomy Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum): Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda (includes fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, daphnia, clam shrimp, tadpole shrimp) Order: Anostraca (brine shrimp and fairy shrimp) Genus and species: Artemia franciscana (= the North American versio...

The widespread use of antibiotics in veterinary practice and aquaculture has led to the increase of antimicrobial resistance in food-borne pathogens that may be transferred to humans. Global concern is reflected in the regulations from different agencies that have set maximum permitted residue limits on antibiotics in different food matrices of animal origin. Sensitive and selective methods are...

Survey data of food consumption were analyzed utilizing stepwise logistic regression to investigate factors affecting consumer choice of shrimp as the most frequently consumed non-fish seafood in Taiwan. Demographic factors, consumer attention to food attributes, and consumer preferences for fish were considered in modeling. Results showed more people preferring shrimp than actually choosing sh...

BACKGROUND Recent work suggested that the presence of specific memory or some form of adaptive immunity occurs in insects and shrimp. Hypervariable pattern recognition molecules, known as Down syndrome cell adhesion molecules, are able to mount specific recognition, and immune priming in invertebrates. In the present study, we attempted to understand the immune response pattern of white shrimp ...

The consumption of shrimp is a common cause of food hypersensitivity reactions. Shrimp allergy is diagnosed using a skin prick test (SPT) as well as by food challenges. Due to the lack of a wide variety of commercial shrimp extracts for SPTs, we selected various shrimp species for the preparation of local shrimp extracts. However, optimal storage conditions for the shrimp extracts which also ma...