| white-spot syndrome virus (wssv) introduction into the gulf of mexico and texas freshwater systems through imported, frozen bait-shrimp. | we analysed 20 boxes of, frozen imported bait-shrimp (china: parapenaeopsis sp. and metapenaeopsis sp.) and 8 boxes of native, frozen bait-shrimp (gulf of mexico: litopenaeus setiferus and farfantepenaeus duorarum) by rt-pcr or pcr for taura syndrome virus (tsv), yellowhead virus/gill-associated virus (yhv/gav), white-spot syndrome virus (wssv) and infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (ihhnv). all 28 boxes of shrimp were negative for tsv, yhv/gav and ihhnv; 2 boxes of imported ... | 2006 | 16956056 |
| population genetic analysis of white shrimp, litopenaeus setiferus, using microsatellite genetic markers. | the white shrimp (litopenaeus setiferus) is a commercially and recreationally valuable species, yet little is known of its population structure or genetic diversity. white shrimp are distributed along the atlantic coast of the united states and from the west coast of florida to the bay of campeche, mexico. in this study, shrimp were collected from north carolina, south carolina (four separate collections were taken from 1995 to 1999), georgia, the atlantic and gulf coasts of florida, louisiana, ... | 2003 | 12919471 |