Achievements

Technologies developed : 6

• The following cost effective diagnostic kits have been developed for the diagnosis of diseases in commercially important shrimp

• Nested PCR diagnostic kit for Whitespot syndrome virus ( WSSV) in shrimp
• Nested PCR diagnostic kit for Hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) in shrimp
• PCR diagnostic kit for Monodon baculovirus (MBV) in shrimp
• Multiplex PCR diagnostic kit for Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in shrimp

• Field level kits

• Latex agglutination and Lateral flow assay kits have been developed for the viral pathogens infecting cultured shrimp
• Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) based kit for rapid detection of Hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) in shrimp

Patents

• Patent No.275411- Development of PCR Primers for white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in shrimp (Dt:02.09.2016)
• Patent No.300445- Development of Primers for detection of Hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) in shrimp by polymerase chain reaction (Dt:29.08.2018).