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Created: 2023-10-20T10:50:16

white tail disease  

Definition

  • Information White tail disease (WTD) or white muscle disease (WMD) is defined as a viral infection caused by Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus (MrNV) and its associate extra small virus (XSV). They cause a milky whitish appearance in arvae/postlarvae (PL)/early juveniles, and are responsible for large-scale mortalities in the freshwater prawn M. rosenbergii. (en)

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_332b1aad

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