Getting to Know Shrimp Biosecurity and Its Application in Ponds

Biosecurity Shrimp is one of the right preventive measures to overcome aquaculture problems. This is caused by the many diseases that lurk in shrimp ponds and are ready to infect your shrimp.

These diseases arise due to a bad environment or an infection/disease from the host. Shrimp infected with the disease will experience stress, decreased appetite, and even death. That's why biosecurity Shrimp is very important for your pond. 

Then, what is it biosecurity shrimp? Check out the full explanation here!

What's that Biosecurity Shrimp?

Biosecurity in shrimp farming is a set of rules applied to minimize the risk of disease transmission in shrimp ponds. Disease transmission can come from anywhere. Diseases caused by viruses have a wide host range, including various aquatic invertebrates such as crabs, worms polychaetes, copepods, microalgae, rotifers, and their dormant eggs. 

Deployment Benefits Biosecurity Shrimp

Following are the various benefits of biosecurity in shrimp:

1. Minimize the risk of spreading disease
2. Efficient use of feed, time, and energy
3. Maximizing shrimp yields
4. Detect signs of disease early
5. Reducing the cost of losses caused by disease

Implementation Steps Biosecurity in Shrimp Ponds      

Biosecurity implementation steps in shrimp ponds are as follows:

1. Do not use the same tool for different pools. Use 1 tool for 1 pool. For example, if you regularly use secchi disk, try to have each pool secchi disk each. If a tool needs to be used for all pools, such as a DO meter, then you need to sanitize it first before using the tool for different pools. 
2. Make sure the fry that will be stocked are SPF certified (Specific Pathogen Free) or shrimp fry have been proven to be free from pathogens or other shrimp diseases.
3. Before and after entering the pond area, pond personnel must clean themselves with soap and disinfectant. For example, when stocking fry or siphoning, employees must rinse their bodies with water containing a disinfectant (which is harmless to shrimp) and not go in and out or move around the pond during the process.
4. Sterilization of pond equipment before use. An example is dipping nets in a disinfectant solution (which is harmless to shrimp) before using them to catch shrimp. If you use a solution that is harmful to shrimp, you can rinse the nets using clean water before using the tool again. 
5. Perform pond water treatments properly and correctly to kill pathogens in the water. An example is by adding chlorine to the water in the reservoir before the water is channeled into the plot.
6. Clean the water reservoir (tandon) from mud, moss, and other impurities.
7. Use probiotics to suppress the growth of disease-causing bacteria.
8. Do a water test by sending a water sample to the nearest laboratory to check whether the pond water is contaminated with disease or not.
9. Limit the access of guests and vehicles entering the pond area. This is done to anticipate the spread of diseases that could have been carried.
10. Carry out solid and liquid waste handling strictly before being discharged into the waters. Shrimp cultivation waste can be detrimental to ponds and the surrounding environment.
11. Make sure no pests enter the cultivation environment, such as birds, goats, cats, dogs and other animals that have a risk of carrying disease. For handling birds can use bird scaring line.

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