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PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-096
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Diseases of prawns in aquaculture: to develop procedures to detect pathogens of prawns shipped interstate

This project found and described a baculovirus similar to Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) that was called Plebejus Baculovirus (PBV) as it was in eastern king prawns (Penaeus plebejus). It later found it in Australian cultured Penaeus monodon. The project investigated other conditions, particularly...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Disease
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1987-009
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Diseases of abalone

In 1985 and 1986 many greenlip abalone Haliotis laevigata near Edithburg in the St Vincent Gulf died. The protozoan parasite, Perkinsus olseni, was suspected to be the cause. We showed that Perkinsus olseni was seasonally abundant in greenlip from the edge of the die-back area. It was also common in...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Restocking
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-125.22
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Potential pharmaceutical products from Australian beche-de-mer

This final report details all work conducted under a 5 month pilot study funded by a small grant from the National Seafood Centre in December 1994. During this time we (i) collected and/or prepared dry powders from species of eviscerated holothurians; and (ii) evaluated extracts of the powdered...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Pharmaceutics
SPECIES
Sea Cucumbers
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