POSTMORTEM (OR AFTER-DEATH) LARVAL MYCOSIS IN SHRIMP

Sirolpidium invasion on one of the pereiopods of a dead shrimp postlarva that was siphoned from the bottom of a larviculture tank.

Original whole mount photomicrography at high-power magnification without staining of the appendages of a dead shrimp postlarva that was siphoned from the bottom of a larviculture tank.during routine bottom-sampling surveillance microscopic examination.

The specific larviculture tank suffered from a breakdown of the tank heating unit during the winter season.

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