Canada begins surveillance of salmon diseases
date:Jul 18, 2012
All three diseases do not pose any risk to human health, but they are highly contagious and can cause mortality in wild and aquaculture salmon.
While Infectious hematopoietic necrosis is known to exist in certain species and populations of wild finfish in British Columbia, infectious pancreatic necrosis and infectious salmon anemia have not been confirmed in British Columbia.
Through this initiative, approximately 5,000 wild salmon will be collected every year, for a minimum of two years. The Ag
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