Mani, Sundaram
Mullaivanam Ramasamy, Sivakumar
Chakrapani, Saranya
Krishna, Ambiganandam
P.S, Shyne Anand
Lalramchhani, Christina
Antony, Jose
Panigrahi, Akshaya http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-9297
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India ((F. No. DBT/PR11721/AAQ/3/683/2014))
Article History
Received: 20 February 2020
Accepted: 4 January 2021
First Online: 24 February 2021
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The research undertaken complies with the current animal welfare laws in India. Care and treatment of the experimental animal used in this study were in accordance with the guidelines of the CPCSEA [Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals, Ministry of Environment & Forests (Animal Welfare Division), Govt. of India] on care and use of animals in scientific research. The study was undertaken with approval of statutory authorities of the Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, India. The experimental animal <i>Penaeus vannamei</i> is not an endangered shrimp; the provisions of the Govt. of India’s Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 are not applicable for experiments on this fish.