Knowledge acquisition and technology transfer for the mass production of specific pathogen free (SPF) shrimp, towards independent on foreign production

In this study we collected the adult shrimp from farm in Bouhsher province based on the pedigree information and screening by PCR for 10 shrimp pathogen as well viral diseases and transported to the shrimp research station for first quarantine. Three different families were selected and crossed them and obtained the larval and produced F1generation. The F1 shrimp had reach an average weight (33±2g) and crossed together for produced F2 generation. The larval from F2 generation transferred to second quarantine and maintained in different tank. The postlarvae from F2 transferred to nuclear breeding center and cultured until the adult size. During F1 and F2 period we screened the shrimp for 10 pathogen and for prevention the inbreeding and transferring the growth and survival gen we used selection breeding with 12 primers by microsatellite technique during each generation. After 3 year we produced 8 thousand shrimp SPF and the shrimp are free of important viral disease as well WSSV