Detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in wild captured shrimp and in non-cultured crustaceans from shrimp ponds in Bangladesh by polymerase chain reaction

Abstract

The presence of while spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in wild Penaeus monodon, other wild shrimps, and in non-cultured crustaceans from shrimp ponds/ghers in Bangladesh was studied by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Wild shrimps viz. P. mondon, P. semisulcatus, P. indicus, Metapenaeus monoceros, M. brevicornis and Palaemon styliferus were positive for WSSV. The non-cultured shrimps M. monoceros, M. brevicornis, freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii, crabs Scylla serrata and Pseudograpsus intermedius from shrimp ponds/ghers were WSSV positive. This is the first study on the detection of WSSV in Bangladesh by PCR and first report of P. styliferus, M. monoceros, M. brevicornis and P. intermedius as WSSV carriers.