Researchers in British Columbia have developed a new, faster way of testing salmon for diseases, revealing infection before the fish appears visibly sick.
Usually, scientists investigating a salmon’s death would examine a tissue sample under a microscope or culture a viral sample over several days to isolate the cause of the disease.
The new test involves analyzing the activity of certain genes in living salmon, allowing for early detection of viral infections, and has already led to the discovery of eight new viruses in
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