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Sanitation of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)
Author(s) -
Olesen N. J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.1998.tb00638.x
Subject(s) - biology , sanitation , european union , virus , virulence , virology , business , international trade , biochemistry , environmental engineering , gene , engineering
Summary A sanitation programme for stamping‐out viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) was implemented in Denmark in 1965. The programme has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the number of infected rainbow trout farms, from 5400 to 26. The programme is carried out on a voluntary basis at the expense of the involved fish farm owners. The fact that financial support for the eradication of VHS and IHN may be made available from the European Union may enhance the efforts towards further eradication of the disease in Europe. The finding of a VHS virus (VHSV)‐like virus in the marine environment is a matter of major concern, but improved diagnostic procedures may enable discrimination between the highly pathogenic freshwater strains and the apparently less virulent marine strains.