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Chile salmon project develops eggs with resistance to SRS

In its second phase, the project seeks to strengthen fish resistance to salmonid rickettsial syndrome through genetic selection

By Undercurrent News | June 8, 2020 10:52 BST
Eggs taken from broodstock being tested for biosecurity. Credit: AquaGen
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A Chilean research project -- led by AquaGen/Blue Genomics, Cermaq, Blumar, Salmones Camanchaca, Skretting, Centrovet and Pharmaq -- has developed a homozygous salmon egg that is resistant to salmonid rickettsial syndrome (SRS), as stated by Project Pincoy in a new video (see below).  [...]

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