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New Viruses Found in Farmed and Wild Salmon
« on: October 15, 2019, 11:16:35 AM »

Researchers have found three new-to-science viruses in chinook and sockeye salmon in British Columbia. The discovery, led by Gideon Mordecai, a University of British Columbia molecular biologist who studies the ecology of viruses, is part of a larger investigation into whether viruses are contributing to the steep declines in wild British Columbia salmon populations over the past 30 years.

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/new-viruses-found-in-farmed-and-wild-salmon/
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