Part 11
Health management
11.1 BIOSECURITY
Compared with shrimp farming, knowledge regarding diseases of mud crabs and how to manage them effectively is still at an early stage of development. However, lessons learned from managing disease in shrimp farming can be adapted to mud crab farming, particularly in terms of developing a biosecurity programme for a farming enterprise.
The steps below are recommended for establishing a biosecurity strategy for a mud crab farm (adapted from the Australian Prawn Farming Manual [Anon, 2006]).