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Division II.1 Samples

United Kingdom

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The tissue material to be examined shall be:

  1. (a)

    Histology: head-kidney, liver, heart, pancreas, intestine, spleen and gill;

  2. (b)

    Immunohistochemistry: mid-kidney and heart including valves and bulbus arteriosus;

  3. (c)

    RT-qPCR analysis: mid-kidney and heart;

  4. (d)

    Virus culture: mid-kidney, heart, liver and spleen.

Organ pieces from a maximum of five fish may be pooled.

Notes on Part 3

Footnotes

f1

Samples must be collected and stored and examined during two 1 month test periods per year (namely spring and autumn) or when appropriate in accordance with practical considerations.

f2

Maximum number of fish per pool: 5.

f3

Shall not apply to farms only rearing rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) or brown trout (Salmo trutta) or both and where the water supply is exclusively based on fresh water sources not housing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

f4

Samples must be collected and examined during two 1 month test periods per year (namely spring and autumn) or when appropriate in accordance with practical considerations.