Detection of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) from the environment in the vicinity of IPNV‐infected Atlantic salmon farms in Scotland

Abstract Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) has been isolated from mussels, sediment and surface water in the vicinity of clinically infected salmon farms, at shore bases supplying the farms and for several hundred metres distance from farms in the direction of current flow. There was evide...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Diseases
Main Authors: Gregory, A, Munro, L A, Wallace, I S, Bain, N, Raynard, R S
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007
Subjects:
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00844.x
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Summary:Abstract Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) has been isolated from mussels, sediment and surface water in the vicinity of clinically infected salmon farms, at shore bases supplying the farms and for several hundred metres distance from farms in the direction of current flow. There was evidence of decreasing prevalence of IPNV in mussels from Shetland once IPN outbreaks subsided, indicating they are an unlikely source of re‐infection on farms. There was little evidence of persistence in the environment, although conclusions were complicated by the presence of IPNV on neighbouring farms 1 year after the outbreak.

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