ISA Disease In Salmon Nick Surette
What is ISA Infectious Salmon Anaemia A disease that affects salmon (mainly atlantic), brown trout, and rainbow trout Non-effective to humans
Symtoms Loss of appetite Abnormal swimming patterns Areas of bleeding on stomach and side of fish Grey gills
Where has been found Chile Norway Atlantic Canada Scotland Denmark
Links to British Columbia They didn’t find the whole disease Found parts that cant exist by themselfs
What else does ISA affect Brown trout Rainbow trout Affects these fish the same way as salmon
Chile Outbreak happened in 2007 Lost 2 billion dollars Wiped out fish very fast
Saltwater VS Freshwater More examples of ISA found in saltwater Sea based farms have lost a lot of money to ISA
2015 Study 1106 fish sampled Used fish from the United Kingdom markets and from the wild in British Columbia 79 fish were considered “non-negative”
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References http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/aquatic-animals/diseases/reportable/isa/fact-sheet/eng/1327198930863/1327199219511 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/deadly-salmon-virus-may-be-in-b-c-waters-study-suggests-1.3397817 http://academy.pittmanseafoods.com/en/2015/06/how-chiles-salmon-industry-continues-to-bounce-back-from-isa/ http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Fish-Shellfish/aquaculture/diseases/notifiableDisease/infectious-salmon-anaemia http://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-015-0459-1