Unveiling the economic burden of diseases in aquatic animal food production in India
Economic burden of diseases on Indian aquaculture sector was estimated to be US$ 2.48 B, 14.95% of annual aquaculture production value. Analysis revealed a higher cost of disease (US$ t −1 ) in shrimp (1,224.82) followed by marine fish (815.87), IMC+ (364.89), tilapia (260.34), IMC (200.70), and pangasius (pond 198.92; cage 168.36). The major contributors to the disease burden included production loss (23.90%), expenses on prophylactics (50.31%) and therapeutics (17.26%). The economic loss was dominated by diseases of multiple etiology (US$ 468.27 M), bacterial hemorrhagic septicemia (US$ 326.47 M), and epizootic ulcerative syndrome (US$ 88.12 M) in finfish and by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei infection (US$ 571.24 M) in shrimp. Multinomial logit regression identified farm size, water source and exchange, stocking biomass and feed type as the main determinants of disease. The study findings would assist in prioritizing resource allocation and developing intervention strategies at the national level for effective and targeted disease management.
Authors
- Thangapalam Jawahar Abraham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0581-1307)
- R. Saraswathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2453-0028)
- Anutosh Paria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-5433)
- P. Rameshkumar
- T. N. Vinay
- S. R. Krupesha Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3342-7716)
- P. Swain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-5085)
- Satheesha Avunje (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6489-0223)
- N K Sanil
- Satya Narayan Sahoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-5512)
- Arun Kr Dev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8955-2519)
- S. K. Manna
- Rahul H. Rathod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7149-5421)
- Prasanna Kumar Patil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-5863)
- H.G. Solanki
- Raju Baitha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8358-8465)
- K. Paniprasad
- Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3643-5359)
- Pravata Kumar Pradhan
- R. Geetha
- M Jayanthi
- Sujitha Thomas
- K. Thomas Felix
- J. K. Jena
- S. Selvakumar Raja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-5863)
- D. Abhinaya
Institutions
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (IN)
- Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (IN)
- Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (IN)
- Kamdhenu University (IN)
- National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (IN)
- Institute for Social and Economic Change (IN)
- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (IN)
- Central Institute of Fisheries Education (IN)
- West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences (IN)
- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1480094
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.79
Funders
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
- ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
- Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research