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Shell Loss Syndrome in Red and White Abalone (Haliotis rufescens and Halitois sorenseni)



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  • Journal Title:
    Journal of Shellfish Research
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  • NOAA Program & Office:
    Sea Grant
  • Description:
    White abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) are an endangered species found along the southern California and Baja, Mexico coast. To recover the species population, conservation aquaculture is currently used to culture the species for out planting to wild habitat. Withering syndrome, caused by the bacterium Candidatus xenohaliotis californiensis attacking the digestive tract is known to impact the survivorship of the species in captivity. An experiment to test the effectiveness of probiotic Bacillus licheniformis in reducing the impact of the disease on white abalone exposed to infected red abalone was conducted. During this study, unexpected shell loss was observed in both the red and white abalone. Shell loss had been observed in other facilities, but the rate of shell loss in this experiment was on a larger scale than previously observed (43% in white abalone and 52% in red abalone).
  • Source:
    Journal of Shellfish Research, 43(2)
  • DOI:
  • ISSN:
    0730-8000
  • Format:
    pdf
  • Publisher:
    National Shellfisheries Association
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Rights Information:
    Other
  • Compliance:
    Library
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:1142799c3e08d16877b52e5234ae7de97c8ff5326e108161e543f5a954a43b581891f3c9fcdce7e9795f4aee39b74da03d50c0f5360c0e7af0d044a2f5f0a5ca
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