Australia: Abalone virus spreads to wild stocks
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Jan 18, 2011, 5:18:50 AM1/18/11
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Australia: Abalone virus spreads to wild stocks
* From: AAP
* January 18, 2011 4:57PM
A VIRUS which shut down production at a Tasmanian abalone farm has been detected in the wild, the state government says.
Production at an abalone farm at Bicheno, on the state's east coast, and a processing plant at Margate, south of Hobart, when cases of abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) were found last Friday.
The farm had to destroy $2.5 million worth of stock.
Primary Industries Minister Bryan Green confirmed today there was "a low level of positive results" among samples taken in the wild.
But he said the results only confirmed presence of the virus, and not the resulting disease.
"More test results are pending and we are awaiting the histopathology test results on those same samples to provide an indication about any signs of the disease," Mr Green said.
"While the test results are significant, more works needs to be done, and is being done, to determine if there is or is not disease in the wild."
The disease, which is harmless to humans but fatal to the shellfish, was responsible for severely depleting Victoria's wild abalone in 2006.
Australia: Abalone virus spreads to wild stocks
* From: AAP
* January 18, 2011 4:57PM
A VIRUS which shut down production at a Tasmanian abalone farm has been detected in the wild, the state government says.
Production at an abalone farm at Bicheno, on the state's east coast, and a processing plant at Margate, south of Hobart, when cases of abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) were found last Friday.
The farm had to destroy $2.5 million worth of stock.
Primary Industries Minister Bryan Green confirmed today there was "a low level of positive results" among samples taken in the wild.
But he said the results only confirmed presence of the virus, and not the resulting disease.
"More test results are pending and we are awaiting the histopathology test results on those same samples to provide an indication about any signs of the disease," Mr Green said.
"While the test results are significant, more works needs to be done, and is being done, to determine if there is or is not disease in the wild."
The disease, which is harmless to humans but fatal to the shellfish, was responsible for severely depleting Victoria's wild abalone in 2006.
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