New Zealand oyster breeding program focuses on killer virus

摘要

According to a statement from the research facility at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, New Zealand, the country's virus-hit oyster industry could be "back on track" soon. Scientists at Cawthron have been working with members of the industry to breedoysters resilient to the ostreid herpes (OsHV-1) virus that obliterated New Zealand's Pacific oyster stocks in 2010. Cawthron chief executive, Dr. Charles Eason, reported that a research breeding study has now identified oyster families with a high survival rate when exposed to the virus.