Contents
Preface
List of contributors
Part one - General part
Chapter 1 - History of shrimp farming. George Chamberlain.
Chapter 2 - Small-scale shrimp farmers and global markets – trends, future prospects and adaptation. Rohana Subasinghe and Mike Philips.
Part two - The Shrimp
Chapter 3 - Functional anatomy of penaeid shrimp. Gary Martin and Jo Ellen Hose.
Chapter 4 - The integument of shrimp: cuticle and its moult cycle. Mathias Corteel and Hans J. Nauwynck.
Chapter 5 - The shrimp immune system. Valerie J. Smith, Claire Roulston and Elisabeth A. Dyrynda.
Chapter 6 - Genetics and its application for increasing management and culture efficiency of the giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Sirawut Klinbunga, Bavornlak Khamnamtong, Rachanimuk Preechaphol, Rungnapa Leelatanawit, Wichulada Talakhun, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri, Sittiruk Roytrakul, David J. Penman, Brendan J. McAndrew and Piamsak Mensveta.
Chapter 7 - Development morphology and ontogeny of penaeid prawns postlarva. Fernando A.L.T. Ribeiro.
Part three - Production Systems
Chapter 8 - Semi-intensive culture, the history of shrimp farming in Ecuador. Samuel Stern and Stanislaus Sonnenholzner.
Chapter 9 - Intensive production of shrimp. Yoram Avnimelech.
Chapter 10 - Use of intensive and super-intensive nursery systems. Tzachi M. Samocha.
Chapter 11 - Shrimp Pond Soil and Water Quality Management. Claude E. Boyd, Christopher A. Boyd and Suwanit Chainark.
Chapter 12 - Maturation and larval rearing of the Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. Lorenzo M. Juarez, Shaun M. Moss and Eduardo Figueras.
Chapter 13 - Better management and certification in shrimp farming. Flavio Corsin and C.V. Mohan.
Chapter 14 - Selective Breeding of Shrimp. James H. Cock, Thomas Gitterle, Marcela Salazar, Ben Hayes, Morten Rye.
Chapter 15 - WSSV and TSV: disease as drivers in the shrimp farming industry. David Griffith.
Part four - Feeds and Feeding.
Sub-editor: Allen Davis.
Chapter 16 - Practical feed management in semi-intensive system for shrimp culture. Herbert E. Quintero and Luke A. Roy.
Chapter 17 - Raw material evaluation strategies for shrimp diets. Optimising raw material sustainability. Brett D. Glencross and David M. Smith.
Chapter 18 - Nutrient requirements and current status of shrimp nutrition research. Mario Velasco-Escudero and Addison L. Lawrence.
Chapter 19 - Mineral requirements of shrimp and prawn. Koshio Shunsuke and D. Allen Davis.
Chapter 20 - Vitamin requirements of shrimp and prawns. Koshio Shunsuke.
Chapter 21 - Nutrition and shrimp health. Wenbing Zhang and Kangsen Mai.
Part five - Biosecurity and Shrimp Health Management.
Chapter 22 - Principal Shrimp Infectious Diseases, Diagnosis and Management. Jorge Cuellar-Anjel, Mathias Corteel, Leonardo Galli, Victoria Alday-Sanz, and Kennet W. Hasson.
Chapter 23 - Importance of host-viral interactions in the control of shrimp disease outbreaks. Timothy W. Flegel.
Chapter 24 - Designing a Biosecurity Plan at the facility level: Criteria, Steps and Obstacles. Victoria Alday-Sanz.
Chapter 25 - Evolutionary principles applied to disease control and health management in shrimp aquaculture. Jeffrey M. Lotz.
Chapter 26 - Immunostimulants, probiotics and phage therapy: alternatives to antibiotics. Indrani Karunasagar, Iddya Karunasagar and Victoria Alday-Sanz.
Chapter 27 - Shrimp epidemiology: applying population-based methods to shrimp health management. Flavio Corsin and Nacho de Blas.
Chapter 28 - What will PCR Bring to Shrimp Farming: Contribution, Compromise or Conflict? Su Chen, Mudjekeewis D. Santos and Jeff Cowley.
Chapter 29 - An economic framework for discussing antimicrobial agent use in shrimp farming. Peter Smith.
Chapter 30 - The State Committees for Aquaculture Health: A Success Story from Mexico. Jorge Benitez and Lorenzo Juarez.
Part six - Post Harvest Issues
Chapter 31 - Shrimp production and trade. Helga Josupeit,
Chapter 32 - Microbiological safety in aquaculture shrimp. Iddya Karunasagar and Indrani Karunasagar.
Chapter 33 - Maintaining Quality of Farmed Shrimp to Meet Market Demands. L. Noriega-Orozco and I. Higuera-Ciapara.