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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service agency logo Animal Diseases Under USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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New Insight Into Lethal Shrimp Viral Disease

Science Daily. September 17, 2007.

White spot syndrome is a viral infection of shrimps that is highly lethal and contagious. The disease caused the collapse of the Chinese shrimp farming industry in 1993. In 1995 the disease was first reported in the United States. The virus is assembled by at least 58 proteins, the article reports research findings related to these proteins and more.
Fowlpox (Avipoxvirus) Photo by Wallace R. Hansen. DOI, USGS Collections

Links to specimen collections relevant to animal pathogens
computer and open book Data Systems

Links to data systems relevant to animal pathogens
Array of Scientific Journals on Display Publications

Links to publications relevant to the study of animal pathogens
Research

Information about current research efforts related to animal pathogens
Venn Diagram Showing Red, Green and Blue Interlocking Circles Vectors and Pathways

Diagrams and resources related to the spread of invasive plant pathogens