Assessment of heat shock and laboratory virus challenges to selectively breed for ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) resistance in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas

The OsHV-1 virus is a serious problem for commercial aquaculture of Pacific oysters in numerous countries. This paper tests two ways of evaluating oysters for resistance to OsHV-1 that can be incorporated into selective breeding programs.