Publications by authors named "Khue Viet Nguyen"
Oyster diseases are a major impediment to the profitability and growth of the oyster aquaculture industry. In recent years, geographically widespread outbreaks of disease caused by ostreid herpesvirus-1 microvariant (OsHV-1 μvar) have led to mass mortalities among , the Pacific Oyster. Attempts to minimize the impact of this disease have been largely focused on breeding programs, and although these have shown some success in producing oyster families with reduced mortality, the mechanism(s) behind this protection is poorly understood.
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- Residents in the Red River Delta of Vietnam have a tradition of eating raw fish, but this poses health risks due to fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs), which infect approximately 1 million people in the country.
- Research shows that newly hatched fry from hatcheries were free of FZTs, but juvenile fish from nurseries exhibited infection rates of 14.1% after one week, increasing significantly to 57.8% when overwintered in ponds.
- Grass carp are particularly susceptible to FZTs, highlighting nurseries as critical areas for infection control, necessitating better aquaculture practices to prevent the spread of infected fish to markets for human consumption.
Background: Northern Vietnam is an endemic region for fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZT), including liver and intestinal flukes. Humans acquire the FZT infection by eating raw or inadequately cooked fish. The production of FZT-free fish in aquaculture is a key component in establishing a sustainable program to prevent and control the FZT transmission to humans.
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