Aquatic Animal Health Research Team

Aquatic Animal Health Research Team (AQHT) emphasis researches and developments for strengthening shrimp health and shrimp pathogens/diseases control. Researches on shrimp health aims to develop a strategy to enhance/activate shrimp immune status allowing the appropriated growth rate and disease resistant/tolerance. Researches on pathogen/disease control aims to understand emerging and re-emerging disease, diseases etiology, mechanism of infection including development of farmer-friendly detection tools allowing the farmers to develop the rapid and effective control
measures for pathogens/diseases, with an emphasis on environmentally-friendly approaches. Knowledge and information will be continuously shared and communicated with farmers, industry and other relevant stakeholders both at the national and international level. Research collaboration will be provided to support national strategies on aquatic animal health management.

Services Provided

In order to accelerate the design of the strategies to improve shrimp health or to control shrimp pathogen/diseases, we provide both commissioned and collaborative research involved the testing of active compounds or methodology or consultation based on the scientific information or knowledge obtained from our basic research. We also provide the technical support for shrimp pathogen detection.

Publications

• – Prachumwat, A., Wechprasit, P., Srisala, J., Kriangsaksri, R., Flegel, T.W., Thitamadee, S., Sritunyalucksana, K. Shewanella khirikhana sp. nov. – a shrimp pathogen isolated from a cultivation pond exhibiting early mortality syndrome (2020) Microbial Biotechnology,
  DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13538.
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• – Woraprayote, W., Pumpuang, L., Tepaamorndech, S., Sritunyalucksana, K., Phromson, M., Jangsutthivorawat, W., Jeamsripong, S., Visessanguan, W. Suppression of white feces syndrome in Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, using hen egg white lysozyme (2020) Aquaculture, 521, art. no. 735025.
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• – Chaijarasphong, T., Thammachai, T., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Sritunyalucksana, K., Suebsing, R. Potential application of CRISPR-Cas12a fluorescence assay coupled with rapid nucleic acid amplification for detection of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp (2019) Aquaculture, 512, art. no. 734340.
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• – Taengchaiyaphum, S., Srisala, J., Bunphimpapha, P., Supungul, P., Tassanakajon, A., Chaiyapechara, S., Bowornpinyo, S., Sritunyalucksana, K., Flegel, T.W. Mendelian inheritance of endogenous viral elements (EVE) of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in shrimp (2019) Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 96, pp. 144-149.
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• – Sirikharin, R., Utairungsee, T., Srisala, J., Roytrakul, S., Thitamadee, S., Sritunyalucksana, K. Cell surface transglutaminase required for nodavirus entry into freshwater prawn hemocytes (2019) Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 89, pp. 108-116.
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• – Pudgerd, A., Chotwiwatthanakun, C., Kruangkum, T., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Sritunyalucksana, K., Vanichviriyakit, R. The hematopoietic organ of Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Structure, organization and immune status (2019) Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 88, pp. 415-423.
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• – Wechprasit, P., Panphloi, M., Thitamadee, S., Sritunyalucksana, K., Prachumwat, A. Complete genome sequence of Shewanella sp. Strain Th2012, isolated from shrimp in a cultivation pond exhibiting early mortality syndrome (2019). Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8 (13), art. no. e01703-18
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• – Prachumwat, A., Taengchaiyaphum, S., Mungkongwongsiri, N., Aldama-Cano, D.J., Flegel, T.W., Sritunyalucksana, K. Update on early mortality syndrome/acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease by April 2018 (2019) Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 50 (1), pp. 5-17.
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• – Minardi, D., Bateman, K.S., Kuzdzal, A., Stone, M., Avant, J., Condliffe, R., Brotherton, P., Laverick, M., Sritunyalucksana, K., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Baoprasertkul, P., Stentiford, G.D. Testing of a pond-side molecular diagnostic tool for the detection of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp aquaculture (2019) Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 50 (1), pp. 18-33.
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• – Pumkaew, M., Taengchaiyaphum, S., Powtongsook, S., Pungrasmi, W., Sritunyalucksana, K. Production of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease toxin is affected by addition of cell-free supernatant prepared from AI-2-producing Vibrio harveyi mutant (2019) Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 50 (4), pp. 878-886.
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• – Srisala, J., Pukmee, R., McIntosh, R., Choosuk, S., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Flegel, T.W., Sritunyalucksana, K., Vanichviriyakit, R. Terms and conditions Privacy policy Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Scopus® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. Distinctive histopathology of Spiroplasma eriocheiris infection in the giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (2018) Aquaculture, 493, pp. 93-99.
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• – Sanguanrut, P., Munkongwongsiri, N., Kongkumnerd, J., Thawonsuwan, J., Thitamadee, S., Boonyawiwat, V., Tanasomwang, V., Flegel, T.W., Sritunyalucksana, K. A cohort study of 196 Thai shrimp ponds reveals a complex etiology for early mortality syndrome (EMS) (2018) Aquaculture, 493, pp. 26-36.
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•  – Jaroenlak, P., Boakye, D.W., Vanichviriyakit, R., Williams, B.A.P., Sritunyalucksana, K., Itsathitphaisarn, O. Identification, characterization and heparin binding capacity of a spore-wall, virulence protein from the shrimp microsporidian, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) (2018) Parasites and Vectors, 11 (1), art. no. 177
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• – Aldama-Cano, D.J., Sanguanrut, P., Munkongwongsiri, N., Ibarra-Gámez, J.C., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Vanichviriyakit, R., Flegel, T.W., Sritunyalucksana, K., Thitamadee, S. Bioassay for spore polar tube extrusion of shrimp Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) (2018) Aquaculture, 490, pp. 156-161.
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• – Nilsen, P., Karlsen, M., Sritunyalucksana, K., Thitamadee, S. White spot syndrome virus VP28 specific double-stranded RNA provides protection through a highly focused siRNA population (2017) Scientific Reports, 7 (1), art. no. 1028.
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• – Taengchaiyaphum, S., Nakayama, H., Srisala, J., Khiev, R., Aldama-Cano, D.J., Thitamadee, S., Sritunyalucksana, K. Vaccination with multimeric recombinant VP28 induces high protection against white spot syndrome virus in shrimp (2017) Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 76, pp. 56-64.
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• – Phiwsaiya, K., Charoensapsri, W., Taengphu, S., Dong, H.T., Sangsuriya, P., Nguyen, G.T.T., Pham, H.Q., Amparyup, P., Sritunyalucksana, K., Taengchaiyaphum, S., Chaivisuthangkura, P., Longyant, S., Sithigorngul, P., Senapin, S. A natural Vibrio parahaemolyticus ΔpirAVp pirBVp+ mutant kills shrimp but produces neither PirVp toxins nor acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease lesions (2017) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83 (16), art. no. e00680-17.
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• – Itsathitphaisarn, O., Thitamadee, S., Weerachatyanukul, W., Sritunyalucksana, K. Potential of RNAi applications to control viral diseases of farmed shrimp (2017) Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 147, pp. 76-85.
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• – Wangman, P., Chaivisuthangkura, P., Sritunyalucksana, K., Taengchaiyaphum, S., Senapin, S., Pengsuk, C., Sithigorngul, P., Longyant, S. Development of monoclonal antibodies specific to ToxA and ToxB of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that cause acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) (2017) Aquaculture, 474, pp. 75-81.
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• – Wiredu Boakye, D., Jaroenlak, P., Prachumwat, A., Williams, T.A., Bateman, K.S., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Sritunyalucksana, K., Paszkiewicz, K.H., Moore, K.A., Stentiford, G.D., Williams, B.A.P. Decay of the glycolytic pathway and adaptation to intranuclear parasitism within Enterocytozoonidae microsporidia (2017) Environmental Microbiology, 19 (5), pp. 2077-2089.
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• – Stentiford, G.D., Sritunyalucksana, K., Flegel, T.W., Williams, B.A.P., Withyachumnarnkul, B., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Bass, D. New Paradigms to Help Solve the Global Aquaculture Disease Crisis (2017) PLoS Pathogens, 13 (2), art. no. e1006160.
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• – Salachan, P.V., Jaroenlak, P., Thitamadee, S., Itsathitphaisarn, O., Sritunyalucksana, K. Laboratory cohabitation challenge model for shrimp hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis (HPM) caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) (2017) BMC Veterinary Research, 13 (1), art. no. 9.
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• – Jaroenlak, P., Sanguanrut, P., Williams, B.A.P., Stentiford, G.D., Flegel, T.W., Sritunyalucksana, K., Itsathitphaisarn, O. A nested PCR assay to avoid false positive detection of the microsporidian enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in environmental samples in shrimp farms (2016) PLoS ONE, 11 (11), art. no. e0166320.
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• – Thitamadee, S., Prachumwat, A., Srisala, J., Jaroenlak, P., Salachan, P.V., Sritunyalucksana, K., Flegel, T.W., Itsathitphaisarn, O. Review of current disease threats for cultivated penaeid shrimp in Asia (2016) Aquaculture, 452, pp. 69-87.
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• – Establishment of International Research Network for Shrimp Health in collaboration with Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK under the Newton Institutional Links program (INSH: http://www.insh.info)

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