Shifting environmental conditions are known to be important triggers of oyster diseases. The
mechanism (s) behind these synergistic effects (interplay between host, environment and …

Oyster species suffer from numerous disease outbreaks, often causing high mortality.
Because the environment cannot be controlled, genetic improvement for disease resistance …

In August 2019, an outbreak of mass mortality occurred in the Pacific oysters farmed in
Shandong, China, resulting in over 60% mortality. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from …

Massive mortality outbreaks in cultured bivalves have been reported worldwide and they
have been associated with infection by a range of viral and bacterial pathogens. Due to their …

Since 2008, mass mortalities of 1-yr-old Crassostrea gigas associated with the ostreid
herpesvirus OsHV-1 μVar have occurred along all the coasts of France when seawater …

Oysters that occupy estuarine and intertidal habitats have well-developed stress tolerance
mechanisms to tolerate harsh and dynamically changing environments. In this review, we …

Abstract The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is a key commercial species that is cultivated
globally. In recent years, disease outbreaks have heavily impacted C. gigas stocks …

Mortality of farmed triploid Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) associated with Ostreid
herpesvirus-1 (OsHV-1) was first recorded in Australia in the Georges River/Botany Bay …

During the 2010-11 summer outbreak of ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) in New Zealand, an
opportunistic longitudinal field study was conducted. OsHV-1 PCR-negative oyster spat …

High levels of mortality in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas in the Republic of Ireland were
recorded during the summer of 2009. The new variant of Ostreid herpes 1 (OsHV-1μVar) …