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Texas Dinophysis Bloom March, 2008

Texas Dinophysis Bloom March, 2008. Kirk Wiles, Group Manager Seafood and Aquatic Life Group Texas Department of State Health Services. Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning. Toxin produced is okadaic acid and derivates Dinophysis accuminata , Prorocentrum lima , Prorocentrum marimum

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Texas Dinophysis Bloom March, 2008

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  1. Texas Dinophysis Bloom March, 2008 Kirk Wiles, Group Manager Seafood and Aquatic Life Group Texas Department of State Health Services

  2. Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning • Toxin produced is okadaic acid and derivates • Dinophysisaccuminata, Prorocentrum lima, Prorocentrum marimum • Gastrointestinal symptoms within 30 minutes to 12 hours • Incapacitating diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and chills • Recovery within 3 days • Cooking is not effective

  3. Laboratory Methodology • LC/MS – Okadaic Acid and derivatives • Jellett Test Strips

  4. FDA Action Levels and Derivatives • Okadaic Acid and Derivatives Action Level ≥ 20 µg/100g • No FDA established cell count levels • Canada uses 5 cells/ml

  5. DSHS Response Timeline • 3/3/08 – Notified by TPWD of Port Aransas harbor bloom. • 3/4/08 – SALG staff collected water and oyster samples from Port Aransas Harbor and Aransas Bay. • 3/5/08 – Shipped oyster samples to FDA lab. • 3/6/08 – Collected additional water samples. • 3/6/08 – Notified that okadaic acid and DTX 1 was identified in water sample sent to FDA by Lisa Campbell. • 3/7/08 – Received initial sample results from FDA. All samples had okadaic acid above action level.

  6. DSHS Response Timeline con’t • 3/7/08 – Closed Aransas, Copano, and Corpus Christi Bays to shellfish harvesting. • 3/7/08 – Commissioner of Health ordered recall of all oysters harvested from these bays from March 1 – 7. • 3/7/08 – Contacted Oyster Fest officials. • 3/7/08 – Notified shellfish officials in states that received the product. • 3/11/08 – collected water samples from bay systems north of Aransas Bay. • 3/12/08 – Closed Mesquite Bay northward to the west end of Matagorda Bay.

  7. DSHS Response Timeline con’t • 3/29/08 – Opened Lavaca, Tres Palacios, and Carancahua Bays. • 4/3/08 – Opened the Conditionally Approved Areas of Lavaca Bay. • 4/5/08 – Opened Espiritu Santo, San Antonio, and Mesquite Bays. • 4/12/08 – Opened Aransas, Copano, and Corpus Christi Bays.

  8. DSHS Observations • Oyster toxicity may be high with low cell counts using traditional cell count procedures. • Intoxification and detoxification can occur relatively quickly in oysters. • Salinity appears to be a limiting factor for the organism. • High cell counts in harbors and marinas. • No DSP illnesses were reported to DSHS.

  9. Future Considerations • Consider a cell concentration threshold of 5 – 10 cells/ml. • Close shellfish areas quickly and sample tissue to open. • Develop in house laboratory capacity for LC/MS and the Jellet Test Strips.

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