Cardiorespiratory fitness of farmed Atlantic salmon unaffected by virus

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 08:11 in Biology & Nature

The respiratory systems of Atlantic salmon function normally even when carrying large loads of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), new research has found. The results are a positive step in reducing the uncertainty about the potential of infected farmed Atlantic salmon in marine pens to negatively impact migrating wild Pacific salmon.

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