Andhra Pradesh recently found that ‘Mud Crab Reovirus (MCRV)’ has been the reason for the mass mortality of wild crab (Scylla serrata).
The presence of MCRV in samples collected from Nagayalanka fields was confirmed by Joint research by the Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology (Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu) and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF).
MSSRF has been noticing mortality in areas like Machilipatnam and Nagayalanka in the Krishna district, since 2019.