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FSA Recommends AGD Not be Listed on National Disease List

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NORWAY - The Food Safety Authority (FSA) has recommended to the industry and Fisheries Ministry that infection with amoebic gill disease (AGD) not be listed in the national disease list.

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The national disease list (list 3) lists diseases in Norway that the government implements measures against.

FSA considered that AGD does not meet the criteria for listing as:

  • the parasite causing the disease is widespread naturally and therefore it is very difficult to achieve and maintain disease-free areas through prevention and control
  • the disease is probably not a threat to wild fish, since AGD has not been detected in wild populations in Norway

Read more about the assessment here.

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