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Salmon poisoning disease (SPD) is a fatal disease of dogs and other canids caused by a rickettsial bacterium, Neorickettsia helminthoeca. [2] It results from eating raw salmon, trout, or salamander and is common in the Pacific Northwest.
The European Commission (2002) concluded “The reduction of wild salmonid abundance is also linked to other factors but there is more and more scientific evidence establishing a direct link between the number of lice-infested wild fish and the presence of cages in the same estuary.” [25] It is reported that wild salmon on the west coast of ...
In Oregon, the state Department of Agriculture has received 200 written reports from veterinarians about the mystery disease. According to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association , cases first ...
VHS disease in a gizzard shad. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) is a deadly infectious fish disease caused by Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus.It afflicts over 50 species of freshwater and marine fish in several parts of the Northern Hemisphere. [1]
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It is also a threat to the dwindling stocks of wild salmon. Management strategies include developing a vaccine and improving genetic resistance to the disease. [47] In the wild, diseases and parasites are normally at low levels, and kept in check by natural predation on weakened individuals. In crowded net pens they can become epidemics.
There has also been a report from CBS-affiliate KCCI about a veterinarian in Iowa using the brand-name drug Paxlovid created for COVID-19 as a treatment for dogs with this mystery respiratory ...
The first record of salmon poisoning disease (SPD) was reported in northwestern Oregon in 1814 when a writer for Henry's Astoria Journal noted the death of dogs after consumption of raw salmon. [4] [5] At first, investigators believed that SPD was caused by poisonous blood in the ingested fish. [6]