MSX OYSTERS
April 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIE, in MontrealTHE SPREAD of the oyster disease, MSX off the Atlantic provinces of Canada is proving to be less virulent and dangerous than originally had been feared. Following tests, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans said has said MSX had not spread to the Gulf of St Lawrence beds, but that Seaside Organisms (SSO), a relation to MSX, but much less harmful and contagious, was mistaken for the disease. However, it is still thought that oysters in the inland saltwater lakes of the Bras d'Or region in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, is still ...
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