Current Research

• Improvement of shrimp health through bioremediation and natural health food.

  Objectives:

  1. To develop a consortia of effective microorganisms to increase the mineralization processes and to inhibit pathogens in shrimp culture system.

  2. To develop feed additives from aquatic microorganisms for enhancement of shrimp health and production.

Expected Output:

• Production of a consortia of beneficial bacteria for bioremediation of hatchery systems/shrimp ponds

• Improvement of water quality of the effluent generated from the shrimp industry.

• Production of extra-cellular enzymes to accelerate mineralization and biodegradation of organic materials.

• Production of growth and health promoting feed additives

• Development of rapid diagnostic technologies for screening and control of commercially important shrimp pathogens

  Objectives

  • To screen and control shrimp pathogens through the development of rapid diagnostic procedures using gene probes and other molecular biological techniques.

  • To identify and study important viral genetic factors involved in the molecular pathogens of disease using specific gene probes and novel gene fragmenting approaches.

  • To determine the molecular biology of important shrimp pathogens.

• Hazard analysis of antimicrobials resistance associated with Asian aquacultural environment

  Objectives:  

  • Assessment of the extent of antibiotic resistance in the aquaculture environment in South East Asia (SEA)

  • Assessment of the potential for transfer of antibiotic resistance from the aquaculture environment to the broad public environment

  • Identification of critical control points (CCP) where south East Asian fish farmers can apply monitoring systems to prevent or eliminate antibiotic resistance

   Expected output

  • Standard Operating Procedures for sampling, bacterial isolation and susceptibility testing.

  • A collection of antibiotic resistant bacterial isolates derived from aquaculture sites of economic importance in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

  • Reliable identification and classification of antibiotic-resistant freshwater and marine isolates

  • If applicable, full taxonomic descriptions of new bacterial taxa.

  • Quantitative data on antibiotic susceptibility among a range of bacterial in a novel collection.

  • Plasmid profiles of antibiotic-resistant isolates originating from diverse geographical and aquaculture environments.

  • Information on the distribution of resistance genes among a set of multi-resistant plasmid-harbouring bacterial isolates

  •  Information on the transferability of resistance factors from bacterial strains isolated from the aquaculture ecosystem.

  • Defined critical control points for monitoring transferable antibiotic resistance at aquaculture sites and that can be implemented in a HACCP system.

  • A publicly accessible data base for antibiotic resistance monitoring of environmental bacteria.

    Partners  (http://www.rilab.it/asiaresi1.htm)

    BELGIUM: Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent (RUG)

    ITALY: R.I.L.A.B. s.r.l. Research and Informatics for the Environmental and Biomedical Laboratory, Genova (RILAB)

    MALAYSIA: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor (UPM)

    THAILAND: Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute, Department of Fisheries, Bangkok (AAHRI)

    UNITED KINGDOM: Institute of Aquaculture University of Stirling, Stirling (UOS)

    VIETNAM: College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University, Can Tho (CTU)

  
  

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