Infection of clams by Perkinsus olseni as an example of the new French Surveillance Programme

Type Proceedings paper
Date 2006-08-06
Language English
Author(s) Miossec Laurence, Garcia Celine, Arzul IsabelleORCID, Francois Cyrille, Joly Jean-Pierre, Chollet Bruno, Robert Maeva, de Blas Isabelle
Meeting 11th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
Source Présentation Proceedings of the 11th Sympoisum of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Cairns, Australia, 6-11 August 2006
Keyword(s) Surveillance, Bivalvia, Clams, Perkinsus olseni, Pathogen, Pathology
Abstract The French network for the surveillance and monitoring of mollusc health (REPAMO) was officially set up in 1992 to control the shellfish status along the French coasts according to the European directives 91/67/EEC and 95/70/EC. The objectives are 1) the surveillance of notifiable diseases present in France (Bonamiosis and Marteiliosis of flat oysters Ostrea edulis), 2) the surveillance of health status of cultured and wild populations of molluscs, 3) the study of abnormal mortality and 4) the control of exchanges from European and third countries. In this context, a new surveillance programme, called Active Targeted Survey, part of the REPAMO, was applied in 2004 in order to improve the monitoring of the health status of the French mollusc populations (objective 2). The objective is to provide evidence of freedom regarding notifiable exotic diseases (OIE list and directive 95/70/EC annexe D) in susceptible host
species. The new strategy, designed from data collected between 1990 and 2002 on the main harvested and farming species, is an active surveillance approach targeting a new mollusc species every two years. The sampling strategy including sampling method, sampling points, frequency, is defined according to the objective, the mollusc species and the targeted pathogen. In the context of this new strategy we have chosen to start with perkinsosis in clams along the
French coasts. We present the theoretical approach and the data collected in 2004-2005 for clam species (Ruditapes decussatus and R. philippinarum) regarding infection with the protozoan Perkinsus olseni. Five areas, located along the French coasts, were investigated in autumn. In 2004, data demonstrated that no clam area was disease free and that prevalence and intensity of Perkinsus
infection were higher in the South of France than in the English Channel.
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Miossec Laurence, Garcia Celine, Arzul Isabelle, Francois Cyrille, Joly Jean-Pierre, Chollet Bruno, Robert Maeva, de Blas Isabelle (2006). Infection of clams by Perkinsus olseni as an example of the new French Surveillance Programme. Présentation Proceedings of the 11th Sympoisum of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Cairns, Australia, 6-11 August 2006. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6376/