Amazon Research Tackles £50m Parasite Devastating Fish Farmers Around the World
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At the heart of the Amazon, researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world.
Parasites called myxozoa infect fish populations with deadly diseases, leading to severe losses in types of fish including salmon and trout. This loss of fish stock costs the fishing industry more than £50 million annually worldwide.
In the Amazon basin, home to one of the greatest diversities of fish, an international team of scientists led by King's College London and Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) have...
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