Abalone farm and plant gets restrictions lifted

In Tasmania the recent outbreak of the Abalone virus ganglioneuritis (AVG) that occurred in December 2010, at a processing facility in Tasmania displayed signs of AVG, and control measures were immediately implemented by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE).

In mid-January 2011, AVG was confirmed in a second processing plant and an abalone farm. Abalone held in three other processors were found to have AVG virus present in the absence of clinical disease. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers