Shrimp aquaculture has a short history in I.R Iran. Farmed shrimp production grew slowly from 1992 until 2000 when a number of large farms started to produce. In 2000, the total production was about 4,500 MT and it was estimated that more than 7,000 MT would be produce by the year 2001. From August 1997 to March 1998, two thousand samples of cultured Penaeus semisulcatus postlarvae and subadult...

Different studies even on same shrimp species and heavy metals from locations may be inconsistent with each other. Because of their important a food safety risk, therefore, meta-analysis is required to evaluate the true risk level human consumption for these aquatic organisms. In this study, commercially two species, Penaeus semisulcatus (de Hann, 1844) Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798), ...

During the period from August 1997 to March 1998, two thousand samples of cultured Penaeus semisulcatus postlarvae and subadults were collected from five hatcheries and 20 growout farms distributed in three provinces along the costs of Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea. Based on growth signs, LM and TEM histopathology, Hepatopancreatic Parvo-like Virus (HPV) were identified from the samples. The HP...

Contamination of the aquatic environment and living things with pollutants is increasing daily. Among these pollutants, heavy metals come to forefront regarding toxicological public health due their widespread use, toxicity, resistance degradation, as well accumulation biomagnification in food chain. The study aimed determine essential (Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn) non-essential (As, Al, Cd, Pb) met...

cDNA encoding prophenoloxidase (proPO) of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei was obtained from haemocytes by a reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid amplification of cDNA using oligonucleotide primers based on the proPO sequence of tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon, freshwater crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus, green tiger shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus (accession no.: A...