Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis vims (EHNV) was the first virus isolated from finfish in Australia. It causes outbreaks of disease in wild redfin perch (Perca fluviatilis) and also in hatchery reared rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss).
The principal aim of this project, which was to develop a...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Results of a previous FIRTA-funded project (86/53) indicated that red spot disease (RSD), a cutaneous ulcerative disease of estuarine fish, is caused by a number of interacting factors. The study showed that lower catchment rainfall is an important determinant of RSD outbreak occurrence. The study...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Bacterial necrosis was the only bacterial disease syndrome seen during monitoring of 8 larval production runs at 2 commercial hatcheries during the study. Results indicated a possible causal relationship between concentrations of one or more components of the
"presumptive Vibrio" populations in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
A two and a half year study was conducted to compare the performance of sibling diploid and triploid Sydney rock oysters Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale and Roughley) at three intertidal and one subtidal site in Port Stephens, New South Wales (NSW).
The findings of this study have major...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)