Dr. Prakash Chandra Behera

Introduction:The aquaculture industry is rapidly growing and is now considered a major contributor in the global food production. To meet the global demand, aquaculture production practices have been intensified to a greater extent both in technological and practical measures. Aquaculture generates considerable amount of wastes, consisting of metabolic by-products, residual food, fecal matters and ...

Aquaculture plays a major role in augmenting food production, livelihood and thereby the economy of a country. Diseases are the outcome of imbalance between environment, host and pathogen. During the past three decades, viral and bacterial diseases have emerged as serious impediments to shrimp farming.  Concomitant with the expansion and Intensification of shrimp aquaculture, large number of ...

IntroductionShrimp farming is one of the most important aquaculture practices worldwide. In shrimp-farming operations, one of the primary wastes of concern is nitrogen. The built-up of nitrogenous waste in the form of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate from the shrimp continuously degrade the culture environment. Ammonia is excreted by animals and also arises from decomposing organic solids such as unea ...