date:May 21, 2012
While IHN does not affect human health or food safety, it poses risks to aquatic animal health and the economy.
The CFIA has placed a quarantine on the facility and samples are being taken for further testing. Confirmatory testing on the samples is being conducted at the National Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory. The results are expected within weeks.
According to the agency, the virus is known to exist in the waters of British Columbia. The last confirmed case of IHN in farmed salmon was in