Aquaculture America 2026

February 16 - 19, 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada

Shrimp Health and Disease

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Bordeaux
Chair: Arun Dhar

  • 1:30 PM
    Kuakarun Krusong

    FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF SINGLE WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN, SWDPm2, FROM BLACK TIGER SHRIMP Penaeus monodon

  • 1:45 PM
    Hung Mai

    GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF Vibrio parahaemolyticus STRAIN (AG1) CAUSING TRANSLUCENT POST-LARVAE DISEASE (TPD) IN Penaeus vannamei

  • 2:00 PM
    Nelly Wabete

    MARINE INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES: INFLUENCE ON MICROBIOTA AND SHRIMP HEALTH

  • 2:15 PM
    Nguyen Dinh-Hung

    DEVELOPMENT AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TaqMAN REAL-TIME PCRASSAYS FOR DETECTING Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) IN SHRIMP

  • 2:30 PM
    Marz Linnaeous Rabadon

    BRACKISH-GREEN WATER TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS AGAINST THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF ACUTE HEPATOPANCREATIC NECROSIS DISEASE, Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VPAHPND)

  • 2:30 PM
    Susan Knudson

    PROBIOTICS VS. VIBRIO: QUORUM QUENCHING AND CELL SECRETIONS

  • 2:45 PM
    John Foscue

    DEVELOPING AN IN VIVO WHITE FECES SYNDROME (WFS) CHALLENGE MODEL IN Penaeus vannamei

  • 3:00 PM
    Douglas Marthaler

    EVALUATING A STREAMLINED TOTAL NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION WORKFLOW FOR SHRIMP PATHOGEN DETECTION USING THE INDIMAG 2 AND PREFILLED CARTRIDGE

  • 3:15 PM
    Arun Dhar

    ENGINEERING A SHRIMP VIRAL VECTOR FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC RNA TO CONTROL WHITE SPOT DISEASE IN SHRIMP Penaeus vannamei

  • 3:30 PM
    Roberto Cruz-Flores

    UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN PREVALENCE OF Penaeus vannamei SOLINVIVIRUS IN PUBLIC TRANSCRIPTOMIC RESOURCES

  • 3:45 PM
    Carlos Pantoja

    CASE STUDY: POSTERIOR MIDGUT CAECUM NECROSIS AND SEPSIS IN SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE Penaeus vannamei

  • 4:00 PM
    Yan Luo

    ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF Litopenaeus vannamei FEEDING ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO WHITE SPOT SYNDROME CHALLENGE

  • 4:30 PM
    Craig L. Browdy

    EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL Penaeus vannamei LINES FOR TOLERANCE TO CHRONIC Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei INFECTION IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY ASSESSMENT

  • 4:45 PM
    Marian F. Guerrero

    HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF Decapod hepanhamaparvovirus (DHPV) AND DEVELOPING A REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY FOR DETECTING ALL CIRCULATING GENOTYPES