Business News of Thursday, 2 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghMass immunisation of tilapia farms begins to fight spread of fish virusFile photoThe Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has begun a mass immunization of fish farms in the country to fight the Infectious Spleen and Kidney Virus diseases in fish. The exercise follows the mysterious losses of tilapia in fish farms along the Volta Lake. The Infectious Spleen and Kidney virus predominantly cause disease in a variety of freshwater fish and leads to high mortality of fish. Ten vaccinators are carrying out the exercise with each expected to vaccinate 1,500 fish a day, totalling 150, 000 fish vaccinated in a day. She disclosed that already, so fish farms had folded up with accompanying job losses due to the outbreak.

Source: GhanaWeb January 02, 2020 06:45 UTC