...shrimp), disease losses may exceed 40% of global capacity with emergent diseases (such as Early Mortality Syndrome) threatening to collapsing production in nations across Asia. Such concerns confirm disease as...
...tools is providing a fresh insight into how El Niño may represent a long-distance corridor for waterborne diseases, fast tracking their spread across the pacific from Asia to the Americas....
...Diseases There are three categories of molluscan shellfish disease that the FHI are required to consider. The first two are known as “listed diseases”, as defined by EU legislation (Directive...
...Biosecurity problems Biosecurity measures are incredibly difficult to apply in estuarine and open marine environments. The greatest risk of introducing disease comes with movements of live shellfish. Also disease can...
...do I call? KHV disease is notifiable. There is a legal obligation to report any suspicion of an outbreak to the FHI immediately: Tel: 01305 206700; Fax: 01305 206602; Email:...
...disease surveillance inspection programmes, trade controls and disease investigation, and where necessary the application of statutory disease controls and enforcement measures. Collectively, the FHI have extensive experience in the aquaculture...
...lead to a range of debilitating diseases for the host, and in some cases, death. They are increasingly recognised as an emerging disease threat for humans. The Microsporidia are defined...
Koi herpesvirus (KHV) is a fatal disease of carp which has spread rapidly between UK recreational fisheries. Although live fish movements are the main risk for disease spread, we’ve demonstrated...
...antibiotics, making diseases in animals and humans harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease and death. Overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics drives the increased development of resistance....
...diseases. Although low numbers of rickettsia-like organisms (RLOs) were seen in some samples. RLOs have previously been associated with disease in several different species of mollusc from a number of...