OYSTER DISEASE
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE AQUATIC Animals Commission (of the Office International des Épizooties - OIE - animal health organisation) has reported an outbreak of mikrocytosis amongst oyster beds in the western USA state of Washington. The organisation has reported five outbreaks, in the South Puget Sound and also the San Juan Islands. The disease was discovered last year in large oysters that were over three years old, both farmed and wild. Shellfish from the sites have been quarantined and movement controls were imposed. The outbreak was discovered through routine ...
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