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Gyrodactylus salaris

Gyrodactylus salaris . Arthur Griffiths MRCVS Chair of Task Force. Gyrodactylus salaris. What is it? Where is it? Resilience Risk Factors What action can be taken?. Gyrodactylus salaris. WHAT IS IT? Notifiable Disease of salmonids Fluke feeding on gills and skin Highly fecund parasite

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Gyrodactylus salaris

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  1. Gyrodactylus salaris Arthur Griffiths MRCVS Chair of Task Force

  2. Gyrodactylus salaris • What is it? • Where is it? • Resilience • Risk Factors • What action can be taken?

  3. Gyrodactylus salaris • WHAT IS IT? Notifiable Disease of salmonids Fluke feeding on gills and skin Highly fecund parasite EXOTIC to Scotland Allows secondary bacterial infections

  4. Gyrodactylus salaris • WHERE IS IT? • Norway • Northern Russia • Western Sweden • Northern Finland • Status of Western Europe is unclear

  5. Gyrodactylus salaris • HOW RESILIENT IS GS? • Survives 5-7 days off host • Killed by freezing, high temperatures, desiccation and seawater • Multiplies on salmon, rainbow trout and char • Uses many other species for transport • Rapidly finds new hosts.

  6. Gyrodactylus salaris • RISK FACTORS • Movements and imports of live fish and ova • Movements of people and equipment

  7. Gyrodactylus salaris • WHAT CAN BE DONE IF GS OCCURS? • Nothing • Containment • Eradication • Prevention

  8. Gyrodactylus salaris • DO NOTHING • Probably loose up to 98% of salmon • Catchment income slashed • Risk infecting other catchments

  9. Gyrodactylus salaris • CONTAINMENT • Movement controls • Fish passes • Fish Farms • Surveillance • Cleansing and disinfection • Water transfers • Leisure pursuits

  10. Gyrodactylus salaris • ERADICATION Apply all containment measures Rotenone Aluminium sulphate Restocking

  11. Gyrodactylus salaris • TASK FORCE • Set up June 2005 • To report by 31 March 2006 • Preparation of Contingency Plan

  12. Gyrodactylus salaris • ISSUES IN PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLAN • Prevention • Identification, Research and Information • Legal Issues • Gene banking

  13. Gyrodactylus salaris • GS CONTINGENCY PLAN SEERAD & Industries preparedness Framework for response SEERAD Enforcement Bodies Fisheries Interests Commercial Water Users Leisure Pursuits

  14. Gyrodactylus salaris • MAIN ISSUES COVERED • Disease response • Legislation • Management structures • Roles and responsibilities • Criteria for containment and eradication • Operations Manual • Communications Strategy • Stakeholders • Resource provision

  15. Gyrodactylus salaris • KEY MESSAGES • Prevention is better than cure • Disease will be costly and damaging • Biosecurity is a MUST • Keeping control depends on EVERYBODY doing their bit.

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