Project ROMEO : E. C. n° FA-S2 9052 - Research objectives : Mortality in European Oysters - Final Report

• Main Authors: Renault, Tristan, Arzul, Isabelle
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Pathology; Virology; Herpes-like infection; Detection; Diagnosis; Herpesviridae; Oyster; Crassostrea gigas; Mortality; Duthoit; Farley; Henson; New Zealand; Pacific; Romeo; Wilkinson; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00044/15536/12915.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00044/15536/

Crassostrea gigas is increasingly being cultured in a great number of countries from animaIs originally introduced from Japan, and is one of the most exploited bivalve species in the EU (FAO, 1989). Although no serious pathogen was detected previously in Japanese oysters in Europe, mortalities have...