Evaluation of the effect of percolation and NaCl solutions on viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) under experimental conditions

Fish processing plants slaughtering VHS diseased fish may discharge wastewater containing the disease causing virus. In order to protect both farmed and wild fish it is important that this virus does not get into contact with other fish. This manuscript concerns the faith of VHSV when percolated through the ground. In Denmark this is an approved method to get rid of the wastewater. To our knowledge, for fish pathogenic viruses, this kind of investigation has never been published before and the presented knowledge is therefore new and valuable.