Surface water is a key factor in the transmission of pancreas disease in salmon
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
New research explains how environmental factors affect the outbreak and transmission of pancreas disease (PD) in farmed salmon. Both infected and dead salmon can shed the salmonid pancreas disease virus into the sea and the virus particles can be spread by the wind and ocean currents from one fish farm to the next along the coast.