• Application of carriers and RNAi to enhance the antiviral immune response of shrimp to WSSV 

      Amar, Edgar ORCID; Baes, Charis; Superio, Joshua; Somera, Mechil D.; Cordero, Christian (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. 

      Lavilla-Pitogo, Celia R.; Catacutan, Mae R.; Amar, Edgar C. ORCID (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 ...
    • Strategies to reduce disease incidence in mud crab culture 

      Amar, Edgar C. ORCID; Somera, Mechil D.; Madero, Sherlyn B.; Tendencia, Eleonor ORCID; Faisan, Joseph P., Jr. ORCID (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 ...