Browsing 01 SEAFDEC/AQD Publications by Author "Amar, Edgar"
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Application of carriers and RNAi to enhance the antiviral immune response of shrimp to WSSV
Amar, Edgar
; ; ; ; (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2021-12)
In aquaculture, vaccination is one of the approaches for disease prevention and control. The aim of the present study was to determine the efficacy of a VP28 double stranded RNA (VP28 dsRNA) and recombinant VP28 protein ... -
Healthy and wholesome aquaculture.
; ; Amar, Edgar C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2011)
The concept of healthy and wholesome aquaculture as a holistic approach to sustainable food-fish production has gained more relevance since it was discussed in a similar SEAFDEC forum almost a decade ago. Similar concepts ... -
Immunity and biological methods of disease prevention and control
Amar, Edgar C.; (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
The chapter deals with the barriers that prevent microbial entry and the various internal defense mechanisms that are part of the host's arsenal in combating in combating invading microbes. It also discusses some of the ... -
The Malalison experience: empowering an island community in west central Philippines
; ; ; Amar, Edgar C.; (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
A 64-page booklet that describes SEAFDEC/AQD’s community fishery resources management project from 1991 to 1998 with a post project assessment in 2009. -
Nutritional diseases
; Amar, Edgar C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Diagnosis of nutritional diseases is difficult because many signs exhibited by fish are non-specific and most nutritional deficiencies are hard to define. A compilation of data on feed composition and feeding management, ... -
Strategies to reduce disease incidence in mud crab culture
Amar, Edgar C.; ; ; Tendencia, Eleonor ; Faisan, Joseph P., Jr. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Mud crab hatchery suffers from low survival due to susceptibility to bacterial infection in the early larval stages among many causes. Despite food safety issues, antibiotics continue to be used in the absence of effective ...
