The Fisheries Department in Thailand plans to modify its Animal Epidemic Act to apply homogenous and similar measures to control the Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) at the country's shrimp farms.
Putth Songsangjinda, director of the Marine Shrimp Culture Research and Development Institute, said the Fisheries Department is planning to modify the act to control the disease, which has spread since 2012.
"The Fisheries Department has been in talks to adapt and apply the act to better control the outbreak. However, we need to work on more details and see if we can push it through," said Putth, reported the Bangkok Post.
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