In a major development which will boost domestic production of export quality shrimp, the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA) has developed a high quality variety — Litopenaeus Vannamei Broodstock — that is free of specific pathogens for the first time in India.
The specific pathogen free (SPF) Litopenaeus Vannamei has capacity to produce quality seeds with faster growth and higher survival rates for commercial farm.
The status of SPF signify that the shrimps have passed through a rigorous quarantine and disease screening process that determined them to be free from specified pathogens of concern to culturists.
