Acronym NA
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Does PMCV primarily cause an infection of salmon? Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Espen Rimstad Coordinator email espen.rimstad@nmbu.no
Coordinator institution
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA - Cermaq Norway AS (Norway) ,
NA - Grieg Seafood Finnmark AS (Norway) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
NA - MOWI ASA (Norway) ,
NRS - Norway Royal Salmon (Norway) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2023 Funding (€) € 237,767 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/901671/ Summary The project is based on the hypothesis that the virus that causes cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS), piscine myocarditis virus (PMCV), does not primarily infect salmon. PMCV belongs to the Totivirus family where the viruses infect unicellular animals and fungi. There are a number of factors that indicate that PMCV primarily infects another organism (single-celled animals and fungi) which in turn is related to salmon. Viruses and host cells have over millions of years evolved together and are carefully adapted to each other. All viruses multiply intracellularly and are selected for interactions with the proteins and intracellular responses that the virus encounters. If the hypothesis is correct, it means that PMCV is not the only etiological cause of CMS. This will be of great importance for monitoring the disease and preparing biosecurity measures to limit PMCV and thereby the outbreak of CMS.
Main objective:
To test the hypothesis that the CMS virus PMCV does not primarily cause an infection of salmon.
Sub-goals:
• To investigate which cells PMCV are found in salmon in different stages of the disease.
• To investigate which other organisms are found in salmon with CMS/ PMCV infection.
Keywords
Fish;
Animal welfare;
Salmon;
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