Vibrio Saga, Part III — New study shows climate change has brought oyster-borne pathogen to Atlantic Canada
New findings of a university-government research team show the marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vibrio) has increased in tandem with water temperatures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence over the last quarter century, posing a financial risk to oyster growers already struggling with the parasites MSX and Dermo.
Vibrio Saga, Part II — Managing a Current Threat to the Oyster Industry
This second installment in the series of blog posts about Vibrios explores how Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is managed across the world, how it has developed as a problem, and what can be done about it. This post also includes information about Multinucleate Spheroid X (MSX), another problem currently affecting the oyster industry.
Vibrio Saga, Part I — Atlantic Oysters in a Warming World
Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is a marine pathogen that regularly shows up in oysters. What is the current state of affairs, and what can we do about it? This first installment of posts about Vibrios is a crash course in how Vp made it to Canada, why it is a problem, and where it is headed.