Shrimp and prawn farming in Bangladesh have experienced spectacular growth in response to expanding global demand and higher economic return. In 2011, 180 shrimp and prawn farms were surveyed in Bangladesh to estimate their production efficiency and determine factors affecting the efficiency level. The results show that there are substantial inefficiencies among shrimp and prawn farms. The tech...

We report the case of a 25-year-old female who experienced two immediate episodes of labial, lingual and larynx angiodema after eating fried mantis shrimp (Squilla empusa), a crustacean belonging to the Squillidae family, and a third episode after eating shellfish pudding. Prick by prick tests to mantis shrimp and to other crustacean were positive. Serum specific IgE showed higher values than 0...

18 Cooked prawn colour is known to be a driver of market price and a visual 19 indicator of product quality for the consumer. Although there is a general 20 understanding that colour variation exists in farmed prawns, there has been no 21 attempt to quantify this variation or identify where this variation is most 22 prevalent. The objectives of this study were threefold: firstly to compare thre...

Even with global support for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation their survival is threatened by poaching, habitat loss and isolation. Currently about 3,000 wild tigers persist in small fragmented populations within seven percent of their historic range. Identifying and securing habitat linkages that connect source populations for maintaining landscape-level gene flow is an important long-term...

Seafood allergy seems to be increasing in Asia as well as worldwide. Characterization of seafood allergens is important in order to understand the immune response to these allergens. To date, several prawn allergens have been identified including tropomyosin, arginine kinase, sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein (SCP) and myosin light-chain (MLC). Objective: The aim of this study was to identif...