The effect of exposure to farmed salmon on piscine orthoreovirus infection and fitness in wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia, Canada.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Alexandra Morton, Richard Routledge, Stacey Hrushowy, Molly Kibenge, Frederick Kibenge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188793; https://doaj.org/article/178cb58138f7402299eeafbb59878653

The disease Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI) is causing substantial economic losses to the Norwegian salmon farming industry where the causative agent, piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), is reportedly spreading from farmed to wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with as yet undetermined impacts...