A Taiwanese university unveiled a technology Monday that allows shrimp farmers to identify early a bacterium that causes mass die-offs among cultured shrimps in many countries.
The technology, co-developed by National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, enables farmers to conduct a test to find out within a day whether their shrimps are infected with the bacterium that causes a disease that has swept several Asian countries since 2009, causing huge losses.
The technique can help prevent the disease from spreading in the early stages, thereby reducing losses.
