INTERNATIONAL FISH DISEASE ROUND UP – BRAZIL SHRIMP VIRUS DETECTED
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BRAZILIAN shrimp-rearing farm has been infected by the infectious myonecrosis virus, the Aquatic Animals Commission (of the Office International des Épizooties - OIE) has reported. The pathogen was discovered at Canguaretama, in Rio Grande do Norte, on the eastern tip of Brazil, following a routine sampling sent to the country's Federal University Laboratory of Santa Catarina. Following the discovery of the disease, the samples were sent to the OIE's Americas reference laboratory in the Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory, at the USA's ...
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