Research Progress on the Risk of Artemia Acting as a Kind of Live Feed to Spread Shrimp Pathogens
Artemia is a kind of critical live feed for shrimp breeding,whether it could bring the risk of spreading pathogens has been concerned by the society. In this paper,the research progress on Artemia acting as a kind of live feed to spread pathogens was summarized,and relevant suggestions were put forward. Artemia served as the physical carrier for white spot syndrome virus(WSSV),as the vector carrying infectious myonecrosis virus(IMNV),hepatopancreatic parvovirus(HPV),Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus(MrNV),and extra small virus(XSV). However,current studies have not proved that Artemia can be infected with the above-mentioned viruses,due to luck of evidences of in situ hybridization or other cyto-or histopathology. It was demonstrated that Artemia can be infected with aquaculture pathogenic bacteria,such as vibrio parahaemolyticus,V. campbellii and V. harveyi,resulting in a risk of spreading acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease(AHPND). Additionally,enterocytozoon hepatopenaei(EHP)may be transimitted through Artemia by contamination. Therefore,it was suggested to systematically carry out the study on the etiology and epidemiology of artemia,and reduce the risk of spreading pathogens through standardizing production management or hatching control of artemia cytes,identifying the biosecurity pathways of artemia and developing alternative products. Technical support could be provided to correctly use artemia and other live feed and some references were provided for construction of a biosecurity system and for healthy development of aquaculture.