AQUATIC ANIMAL ALLIANCE
AQUATIC ANIMAL ALLIANCE
The Valmy Podcast
AQUATIC ANIMAL ALLIANCE
Description: Shrimp Welfare Project aims to improve the lives of billions of farmed shrimps in India and Southeast Asia.
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Risk of disease - Diseases that exist within the normal microflora of shrimps can thrive under high stocking densities, enabling pathogenic outbreaks. This is detrimental not only to the farmed shrimps but can cause large spillover events if best management practices are not followed. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics to stop diseases promotes the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Part of the solution in this case is prevention through best welfare practices.
Water quality - Oxygen and ammonia levels, temperature, salinity and pH are key to the welfare of all aquatic animals, including shrimps. Incorrect water management can lead to not only the contamination of nearby bodies of water and salinization and acidification of the soil, but also to compromised immune systems in shrimps and, in extreme cases, to death by suffocation or poisoning.
Eyestalk ablation - Some hatcheries still practice crushing or cutting off the eyestalk of female shrimps to induce rapid maturation. Recent studies have demonstrated that avoiding eyestalk ablation can result in broodstock living longer and their offspring being more resistant to stress. Therefore, eliminating this practice is in the best interest of shrimps but also of the shrimp farming industry.
AQUATIC ANIMAL ALLIANCE
AQUATIC ANIMAL ALLIANCE
The Valmy Podcast
AQUATIC ANIMAL ALLIANCE