Chile-Detects new virus in salmon farms

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Detects new virus in salmon farms

CHILE
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 01:20 (GMT + 9)

The National Marine Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) confirmed the finding of a new virus-HSMI-in freshwater fish of the sea from 10 centers in the country.

According to the analysis, the salmon do not have the disease or virus-associated mortality.

This agent causes an inflammation of skeletal and cardiac muscle, and it was also identified in Norway, according to Diario Financiero .

According to the director of Sernapesca, Juan Luis Ansoleaga, this viral disease "does not produce major economic and production impacts, whereas mortality when it occurs between 1% and 3%."

This disease is considered to be emerging in Norway, where no control actions are taken even though the virus is widely distributed in both, marine and fresh water, "he added.

However, he admitted that "there are aspects of epidemiology that have not yet been clarified, so there is still uncertainty about the disease and the agent."

After detection, expand Sernapesca sampling sea facilities to assess their distribution in the country "In order to obtain more background information on the agent's situation and eventually the salmon disease in the country."

It is anticipated that these data "allows health authorities to assess the appropriateness of establishing specific measures, we determined the extension of the completion of sampling," said Ansoleaga.

Sernapesca established a training program for its inspectors are poorly informed about this virus.

The Chilean salmon industry was faced with a health crisis, economic and employment in 2007 with the spread of infectious salmon anemia (ISA).

Due to the high mortality and economic losses faced by companies in the sector, the central government began to implement a change in regulatory matters, in order to have greater disease control.

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After detection of ISA virus variant in salmon admit: "We can not eradicate"
After Sernapesca confirmed new strain in a center in Aysen, guild said that "we must live with it", but stressed efficiency of the health plan. Sectoral index fell 2% in the bag.
by: The Second Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Salmon production plant in Tom?.



The detection of an outbreak of ISA-virus variant strain HPR2-specifically at a company's culture capital in Aysen Cupquelan Canadian salmon by the National Marine Fisheries Service (Sernapesca), lit again regarding the alerts vulnerability of this industry to disease as those that caused the serious health crisis and sustained production from 2007.
The low rate topped salmon sector in the Santiago Stock Exchange this morning with a decline of around 2% who headed the securities companies and Multifoods AquaChile.

Although both Sernapesca itself as the salmon came to clarify that the HPR2 is a new strain of ISA virus that produces a low mortality and fewer symptoms in the production of Atlantic salmon, as it is less virulent than the one that devastated the sector HPRO - and highlighted the effectiveness of the current system of health screening, this episode confirms the expectation that this biological agent remains active in the southern territory of the country, even in a booming emerging as the case of Region XI.

"While this is the first case of 2011, we know that the ISA virus is not possible to eradicate, so we must live with it, and there will be new pictures in the future," said the guild SalmonChile AG through a statement , which also emphasized that this time they are "implementing plans to contain the disease."

Indeed, SalmonChile dismissed the beginning of a new cadre of emergency after detecting the strain HPR2, and stressed the "correct and effective implementation of health program" and that the measures implemented under the current production system "has allowed us to minimize the risk health, why the health status of the industry in general is in a higher status than before the crisis of the virus. "

The union stressed that according to reports from Salmon Cupquelan "there are no mass mortalities due to disease," however will remove 3 cages affected - a total of 16 - "to contain any eventuality"

Sernapesca outbreak detected in the middle of Ballena 3 of the growing company, which to date has yielded no associated mortality situation ISA virus.