Genome-based technique helps identify a virus lethal to blue crab

A research effort designed to prevent the introduction of viruses to blue crabs in a research hatchery could end up helping Chesapeake Bay harvesters improve their bottom line by reducing the number of soft shell crabs perishing before reaching market. The findings shows that the transmission of a crab-specific virus in diseased and dying crabs likely occurs after the pre-molt crabs are removed from the wild and placed in soft-shell production facilities.

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