SitNews: Study: Salmon virus originally from the Atlantic, spread to B.C. wild salmon from farms
Study: Salmon virus originally from the Atlantic, spread to B.C. wild salmon from farms Wednesday PM (SitNews) - Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) – which is associated with kidney and liver damage in Chinook salmon – is continually being transmitted between open-net salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon in British Columbia waters, according to a new genomics analysis published today in The collaborative study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative (SSHI) — a partnership between Fisheries and Oceans C...
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