The same strain of Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV-1) is involved in the development of different, but related, diseases in Atlantic and Pacific Salmon in British Columbia

• Published in: FACETS
• Main Authors: Emiliano Di Cicco, Hugh W. Ferguson, Karia H. Kaukinen, Angela D. Schulze, Shaorong Li, Amy Tabata, Oliver P. Günther, Gideon Mordecai, Curtis A. Suttle, Kristina M. Miller
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: PRV; Atlantic salmon; chinook salmon; HSMI; jaundice/anemia; VDD; ISH; Education; L; Science; Q; British Columbia; Canada; Norway; Pacific; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2018-0008; https://doaj.org/article/ead5a5c1e97d400f98bed63f205f5382

Piscine orthoreovirus Strain PRV-1 is the causative agent of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758). Given its high prevalence in net pen salmon, debate has arisen on whether PRV poses a risk to migratory salmon, especially in British Columbia (...