Zebra Chip (ZC) was confirmed in the Columbia Basin potato production area of Oregon and Washington in 2011. This is a serious disease first documented in Saltillo, Mexico in 1994. In 2000 the disease was identified in South Texas and since then, ZC has been reported in Arizona, California, Colorado,...
Sea lice (lepeophtheirus salmonis) are a type of ectoparasite that hosts on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), weakening the fish and slowing its growth rate. In addition to the direct loses associated with reduced fish growth, sea lice also cause significant economic losses to salmon industries in Norway due to the...