Salmon Virus Cover Up? Blame Canada!

Michael van Baker — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:03:11 +0000

Field researcher Molly Kibenge found indications of the virus in 117 fish, though all were asymptomatic. That wasn't terribly surprising: In a paper published in Diseases of Aquatic Organisms in 2001, where her husband Fred Kibenge was lead author, they had already concluded that wild salmon could contract--but weren't in terrible danger from--ISAv.

More Reports of Salmon Virus Found in Canadian Waters

Michael van Baker — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:23:24 +0000

Now, reports Seattlepi.com: "the ISA virus was found in the fins of three adult salmon--a Chinook, a chum and a coho--taken out of the Harrison River in the Fraser Valley early last month." However, they go on to say, "additional testing on the [first] sockeye smolts, done at the University of Bergen in Norway, was not able to confirm the findings." Only one of the tests showed a fish with ISAv, and that was at the limits of detectability, so it was not really a smoking fin.

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Salmon Virus Cover Up? Blame Canada!

More Reports of Salmon Virus Found in Canadian Waters