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MALADIE POINTS BLANCS [2 records]

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Record 1 2005-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Animal Biology
  • Aquaculture
CONT

The disease, which causes premature death in the crustaceans, was capable of totally destroying a pond full of prawns in just 3 months of infection ... The disease, which has no effect on humans, was believed to have been caused by a recent prolonged dry spell and has reportedly hit prawn breeders from southern Thailand and Indonesia.

OBS

The causative agent is white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) or white spot virus (WSV), potentially lethal to most of the commercially cultivated penaeid shrimp species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Biologie animale
  • Aquaculture
CONT

(Aux fins du présent Code ...), les espèces hôtes sensibles à la maladie des points blancs sont les suivantes : tous les crustacés décapodes (ordre des Decapoda) vivant en eau de mer, en eau saumâtre ou en eau douce. La maladie des points blancs est une maladie potentiellement mortelle pour la plupart des crevettes pénaeidés (famille des Penaeidae) élevées à des fins commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Fish
DEF

A severe dermatitis of freshwater fish that results from invasion of the skin by a ciliated protozoan (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) and is esp. destructive in the aquarium and hatchery - called also ichthyophthiriasis, ichthyophthirius.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Poissons
DEF

Maladie des poissons d'eau douce due à un protozoaire cilié : Ichtyophtirius multifilus. Cette affection parasitaire, communément appelée «maladie des points blancs», se manifeste par l'apparition de petites taches blanches sur l'épiderme et les nageoires.

Spanish

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