{"id":8923,"date":"2023-01-15T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T05:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2024-01-17T16:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:29:44","slug":"prawn-virus-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/prawn-virus-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Prawn Virus Testing at Symbio Laboratories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8923\" class=\"elementor elementor-8923\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b06d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6b06d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2848855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2848855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Symbio Laboratories is an approved laboratory for the testing of\u00a0<em>White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Yellow Head Virus (YHV)<\/em> prawn viruses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriculture.gov.au\/biosecurity-trade\/import\/industry-advice\/2017\/121-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2017<\/a>.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8925 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prawn-virus-testing-300x225.webp\" alt=\"prawn virus testing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prawn-virus-testing-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prawn-virus-testing.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Yellow-head Virus (YHV) emerged in Taiwan and Thailand and then spread to other prawn-producing countries in Asia and the Americas. Biosecurity Australia manages the risks of importing from these countries through stringent testing of uncooked imported species of Penaeid prawn.\u00a0<\/p><p>Although WSSV and YHV infections are not of concern to human health, Penaeid species are highly susceptible to infection of these viruses, and the impact is high mortality and production losses. In recent years, the White Spot Syndrome Virus has been detected in a Queensland waterway and adjoining aquaculture farms.\u00a0<\/p><p>Symbio Laboratories can assist seafood importers and Australian based aquaculture producers test for the presence of White Spot and Yellow-head virus. Rapid testing turnaround is available to meet commercial and logistics requirements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab5aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ab5aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) Testing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4db83a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4db83a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV), type species of the genus Whispovirus, is a large, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus that infects a broad range of decapod crustaceans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The real-time PCR method for WSSV employed by Symbio Laboratories facilitates high throughput analysis of samples with rapid reporting of results.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8041a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8041a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yellow-head Virus (YHV) Testing<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e74b6a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e74b6a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yellow-head virus (YHV) is a pleomorphic, enveloped virus with single-stranded RNA of positive polarity, which is primarily localised in the cytoplasm of infected cells. YHV infects a broad range of Penaeid species including\u00a0<em>Penaeus monodon<\/em>.<\/p><p>Symbio Laboratories utilises the reverse transcriptase real-time PCR method for YHV, facilitating high throughput analysis of samples and sensitive detection of viral RNA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6ebd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c6ebd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seafood Testing at Symbio<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edac47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edac47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Symbio Laboratories provides a broad range of testing with the quick turnaround times you need. As Australia\u2019s largest independent and 100% Australian owned and operated laboratory service provider, is committed to providing the highest level of service to the Australian seafood industry.\u00a0 Please contact our team to discuss your seafood testing needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae6a77 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ae6a77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14eceab elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"14eceab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/contact-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact Symbio Now<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symbio Laboratories is an approved laboratory for the testing of\u00a0White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)\u00a0and\u00a0Yellow Head Virus (YHV) prawn viruses since 2017. White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Yellow-head Virus (YHV) emerged in Taiwan and Thailand and then spread to other prawn-producing countries in Asia and the Americas. Biosecurity Australia manages the risks of importing from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8923"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8931,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923\/revisions\/8931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/symbiolabs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}