Prophylactic and Control of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHN) at Salmon Hatcheries
Present methods of prophylactic and control of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in Russia and USA have been analyzed. It has shown stages of reproduction of fngerlings where is real threat of dissemination of IHNV from nature into hatcheries or from infected lot of eggs/fngerlings to all rearing containers. The basic stages of successful sockeye salmon culture have shown. It is a virus-free water supply, specifc disinfection procedures, containment by compartmentalization and isolation, training of personnel of hatcheries to distinguish initial signs of the disease.