Associations between farming practices and disease mortality of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in a Mediterranean lagoon

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: F Pernet, F Lagarde, P Le Gall, E Roque D'Orbcastel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2014
• Subjects: Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; SH1-691; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Pacific; The Sentinel; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00096; https://doaj.org/article/78a47b5b7d0f49aeb600436a49ddaa04

We present the first large-scale, high-resolution spatial and temporal pattern of disease mortality caused by Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) that has affected Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in France every year since 2008, in relation to local farm use. Mortality was monitored in healthy oyster sp...