{"id":366891,"date":"2026-07-07T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366891"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:36:18","slug":"white-gut-disease-wdg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/white-gut-disease-wdg\/","title":{"rendered":"White Gut Disease (WDG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials of the Fisheries department sounded alarm about the outbreak of White Gut Disease (WDG).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About White Gut Disease (WDG)<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.engormix.com\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.engormix.com%2FE_articles%2F3567_3.gif&amp;w=1080&amp;q=100\" alt=\"White Gut Disease \" width=\"466\" height=\"243\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Engormix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <strong>gastrointestinal disorder of cultivated penaeid shrimp. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as<\/span><b> White Feces Disease (WFD).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Caused by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is caused by bacterium <\/span><b>Vibrio parahaemolyticus.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Symptoms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Shrimp affected by it <strong>produce white fecal strings that float on the water surface<\/strong>. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These<strong> white feces consist of damaged and decaying digestive tissues<\/strong> mixed with shrimp waste. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Infected shrimp also show reduced feed intake<\/strong>, slow growth, brown-colored intestines, and loose shells.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Prevention<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Aqua farmers should maintain<strong> good hygienic conditions<\/strong> to prevent diseases.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be <strong>prevented by reducing stocking density, applying probiotics, and practicing proper feed management.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Officials of the Fisheries department sounded alarm about the outbreak of White Gut Disease (WDG).\u00a0 About White Gut Disease (WDG) It is a gastrointestinal disorder of cultivated penaeid shrimp. It is also known as White Feces Disease (WFD). Caused by: It is caused by bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Symptoms: Shrimp affected by it produce white&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/white-gut-disease-wdg\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">White Gut Disease (WDG)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-366891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}