Shrimp industry hit by EMS disease


MALACCA: Local shrimp farmers are being adversely affected by large-scale losses of their products due to a disease called “Early Mortality Syndrome” (EMS), says an industry expert.

The disease has caused high mortality rates of cultivated shrimp in China, Vietnam and Thailand for the past two years.

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