both diseases are viral diseases; however, the viruses in question are not a
risk to human health.
I would also be interested in the answer to the second part of the question.
Regards
Rob Armstrong
>
>From: Yan.Giron@ifremer.fr (Yan GIRON)
>Subject: question about VHS & IHN
>
>Dear All,
>
>Does anyone know if the following Fish diseases can present a risk for human
>health ?
>
>VHS : Viral Haemorrhagic septicaemia
>IHN : Infectious Haemotopoietic necrosis
>
>I'm not a seafood specialist and I wonder if the European Directive
>91/67/EEC "animal health conditions governing the placing on the market of
>aquaculture animals & products" can also be considered as a human health
>security directive or only an animal health security directive.
>
>I will send to the group a synthesis of the answers.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Yan Giron
>************************************
>* Yan GIRON *
>* COFREPECHE BREST / FRANCE *
>* Tel : 33 2 98 22 44 87 *
>* Fax : 33 2 98 22 45 85 *
>* Email : ygiron@ifremer.fr *
>* http://www.ifremer.fr/cofrepeche *
>************************************
>
>