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SybrShrimp Test Kit
 SybrShrimp
Test Kit is the world’s most sensitive disease diagnostic
and detection kit for use by shrimp farmers. The kits detect five
of the most common shrimp viruses at the molecular level by employing
PCR technology. By providing advance warning to farmers and government
agencies well before signs of a disease are evident, SybrShrimp
will allow time for mitigation of crop loss through disease management
measures to prevent the spread of the disease to other ponds and
other farms. SybrShrimp also provides an excellent complement
to both VPX and IMS, with the diagnostic leading to uptake of
these products when disease is detected.
SYBR Shrimp
diagnostic kits are available at three levels of sensitivity –
Traditional PCR (TP) Quantitative PCR using molecular dyes (SG)
and Quantitative PCR with Dual Labeled Probes (DL), in order of
increasing detection of rare targets and specificity. Initially,
the kits can detect five disease targets, with more to be added
in the coming months:
White Spot
Syndrome Virus (WSSV), documented in China, Japan, Indonesia,
Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Bangladesh
since 1991, in the U.S. since 1995 and in Nicaragua, Guatemala,
Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru
since 1999. The associated disease syndrome is highly virulent
and can result in 80-100% mortalities in 3 to 10 days post-infection.
Infectious
Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHHNV), identified
in Hawaii in 1983 and since documented in Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand,
Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil,
Mexico and Central America and the US. Associated with Runt Deformity
Syndrome and significant mortalities in juvenile and post-larval
life stages.
Taura Syndrome
Virus (TSV), documented in Ecuador, Columbia, Honduras, Guatemala,
Belize, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Peru and Brazil since 1992,
in the U.S. since 1994 and in China and Indonesia since 1995.
The disease syndrome is virulent and can result in 80-90% mortalities
in particularly susceptible species.
Yellow
Head Virus
(YHV), documented in Thailand since 1990, and in Indonesia, Taiwan
and China, the Philippines, India, Australia, Malaysia and the
US. Highly virulent in Penaeus monodon with mortalities up to
100% in 3-9 days.
Gill-Associated
Virus (GAV), a yellow head-like virus primarily of concern
in Australia where it was identified in 1994. Tolerated at low
levels in healthy populations but virulent in stressed populations
with mortalities up to 100% in 3-9 days.
Salmon
Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Aqua Bounty
is developing improved variants of two critical salmon vaccines,
a multivalent vaccine for salmon, as well as an antifungal to
protect fish eggs in aquaculture settings. As part of its diagnostics
laboratory development effort, Aqua Bounty is also developing
diagnostics capabilities to detect up to 5 of the most common
diseases in salmon.
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