Para algunos, preocuparse del bienestar animal, o animal welfare como se conoce a nivel mundial, tiene más relación con un activismo que solo busca proteger a los peces en producción. Sin embargo, el Dr. Hernán Cañón puntualiza que esta rama de la ciencia va mucho más allá.

Major salmon farmer Cermaq has announced that it will be conducting further tests on a new Pharmaq live vaccine for salmon rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) alongside other existing SRS vaccines in an ongoing effort by the company to reduce mortality rates of Chilean farmed salmon.

The Pincoy program was designed for companies operating in different cycles of the salmon industry to combine expertise and come up with solutions to combat salmonid rickettsial syndrome (SRS) and the industry’s other big challenges, Skretting country manager Ronald Barlow said in a statement.