European legislation (EC directive 2006/88) requires that fish farms are individually ranked for the risk of disease introduction and spread, toenable risk-based surveillance (RBS).
Fernando Flores, Novartis Animal Health gave an update of the sea lice situation in Chile at AquaNor 2011. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
Speaking at the International Sea Lice Seminar at AquaNor, Pamela Parker, Executive Director of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association gave an update on the sea lice situation in Canada. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
Nucelic Acid Vaccine (NAV) technology offers a more targeted approach for the prevention of disease in fish. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor talks with Kira Salonuis, Head of Global Technical Services, Aqua Vaccines for Novartis about what NAV can offer…
The Chilean salmon industry is recovering surprisingly well following the 2007 ISA crisis, according to Patrick Dempster, General Manager of AquaGen Chile, Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports.
A doctoral thesis at Nofima documents that vaccinating against furunculosis principally hides the beneficial effects of the breeding programme against the same disease.
