Friday, December 16, 2011

Pancreas Disease (PD) virus detected on SalMar site in Norway

The Food Safety Authority's analysis has confirmed that Pancreas Disease (PD) virus is present at the SalMar farming site Singsholmen in Hitra municipality. SalMar Farming AS is a'subsidiary of SalMar ASA and its activity is salmon farming in Nord-Møre and Trøndelag. The suspicion about the disease came after routine health checks at the site, there are about two million fish with a book value of NOK50 million (€6,422,452.17). Only about a quarter of all the fish was vaccinated against PD virus. Read more ...

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