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Subject Chita tinerary
Hi and i,
Even though tve baen using a voltage converter en ry computer in Chi, Hooking up to an LOD
‘rojecicr on Wecinesday tas tally fled my draft and ‘sent flesin Lows, so fm staring over.
Heft Maine for Pusrte Mont: Chile on Wednesday, Aug. i and anived wilhoutineideriteie-rmoming or
“Thursday, Aug 2, I wes met althe apart and hosied tro.chout ny tip by Gerardo Munez, a
Yelerinanan employed by a Chilean diagnost= De, tone Miguel Duane te
Geterdo's supervisor and maneger of Aguegestion, end 2 fermer ai
marine fish heolthveoritol ageacy, roughly equivalent to NIAFS or UFO (Careda}-~ose Mlguot alee
hnolpos host mo and was.a sominar spooker, This lad is co-owned/lunced through FuncacionChile, 2 i
{gost. development ageney, and private hvesiors. There are quite a numbor of indapendont and
-aq.ocultre corpany-asscolatod agnostic abs in te Puerto Mont area, which isthe Rub ot the
aqezcafure inci - oa
inughtin forthe Fidey ISA seminar was Cr. Fred Klborga a vcogist researcher from Aanic Vet
College in PEL, Canaca He hat amves a couple cfdays Beloce me, and had essisted Aquagestion wit
their ISA cullufe ard PGR techniques. “That evening we: met wit Dr, Ricardo Enriquez, an
‘eaidemioiogistivet rom the Animal Pathology Insiituic of the University of Cite, end Seccetary of the Fish ;
(Commission cf OIE... Ricardo was the 4th and last of the seminar speakers. }
Aag2-We drove norirte Puerto Yaios, where we partiioated in @ day-ouy {SA se wir, facies by
‘Aguagestion and a translator, 200 aquaculture folksattended, including 100 aqualic votorinarians. Dr.
Keberge and leach gave 2 one haur procenta‘ions on varieus aspects of/SA disease, epidemiology and
‘country slatus. Dr. Enriquez diecuecad the hlciary of tho 'ISA' vinse! reported in Chien 1999 (3 crferwit————
‘disease called the letelic Synciome in Coho salmon, and somo of tho nosest developments of the
‘exrantoittvack. For one month savarai sites.on mid-coast cf te Inland Saa just east of Chiloe island
have suffered unusval mattalty n salmon af marine growoun sites, when recently have Inciudad clinical
signs compatiole with ISA. The she cwners of two confirmed (ty PCR and vilus iso‘ion) sites to date 1s |
Warine Harvest. Itsounds tke there are a Tew agamwana) nesgnnonng suspect sites. Anoder tab, BIOVac————=
‘confirmed ISA on Aug 1, and Aquagastion confiimes on the day uf our seminer or the neat day, as well
‘Ce cage of fish has been voluntary removed from each of these two sites anc harvested. Dr. Burgos
discussed OIE policies on ISA and trade ImplicaZons for Chile, I vad a formel interview writ 3 vets rom
SemaPesce at the seminar, two of which were Marcala Lora Fice and Rolando Arias. The 3rd vet
resigned this week fo go work for a big aquaculture company. ‘There was a rourdtable atthe end and |
8 bombordes wr manyexsatlor yuseins us pins of easesion, Evoryan ie wry Sanco
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‘Aug. 3. I received a tour of Aquagestion while Dr. Kibange performed a foimal Ingzection by CIE protocol
ta enable Ajuagesfon to do ISA testing for SeenaPasca ISA suvelianco, We later met wih 3 vel rom @ ij
Gtilean crug sistibuion company called FAV (Alojandro Pino) anda Business periner, vaccine
‘manufacturer from: Buono Altes Tachovax represented by avo! (Osvaldo Perolo). Theyre shout to
‘start prosucing an IPN vaccine for Chilean distabution and are very interested in groducing a7 ISA.
asaine ax well. They asked many queeions aoout geneypes, ging was, teasing anigenicy end
jeacy teling.
‘Aug 4. Day off Aquageetion arangod for me to ken 11 hour excision into the lake reglons up in the
‘Andes by bus and fory, nearly the Araentinion border and retam. Beeutful cumty. |
‘Aug. 5. After doing email at Aquagection, we visted an unbellevably sean and effcientrecieseting
hatche'y for salmon and weut called Eectich, Ncstod by Caniel Nieto, We later hac'@ mosting wih 2
Norwegian ssieron company in Chile, Patagonia, war, wellboat anager and varios ofhor mangas
vets end an @ neigh boring site oumer tp discuss biosecuTly and mianagomontevategies. They were
ety earful of disease consequences and changes in management necessary for disease contol.
‘Aug. 6, Alter meeiing at Aquagestion, we mot 2 company (Wlbusch) which provides work vessels for
sto construction, maintenance etc. to diecusa voscal biocacurty. iapection and companion, Wa toured
fone of hele work vessels. Then we vei a marine a large marina ele commlex of Palagarin,Incated of
shore cf hwir processing plant. We tad good discussions win managers abaard the feed vessel anc
ished some cages. Coho ealimon, ssinbows and Alerts ealmon. SoM lols of Pesciricketisa, being
mecicaed with aniblotcs, a vty common ang ubiqutous problem ai.ai-agan, het nenarinty tn yoni.
'un¢ handling. Vaccine and treatment not always etfeaive. IPN Isalco ubiquitous, but mostly a problem of
‘Sefcwup fry, but vertealy vansmiload fem Breodetcek. Then wo metwith managers. one of he biggest
Ghteatrownied salon companies, Poscara Cararstacs. Agsn | ehated ef on clecace, epi
management ae Biosoc.
Aup.7. | gave 3 hours of presentaaians st Aquagestcn for hair lab porconno! en he disease, diegnosiie
info ana Biosecuaty. Lois of ood quastinns. Thon we met valk a vet ftom Blarine Harvest to discuss a
roodstock healt prublen Brooustock resin and imanagomont are big concerts oral ese: ;
‘companies. Then went to also for departure. Jose Migual aocompaniee me ta Santiago, since he had
arranged nother meeting with me and a hioharking vet‘fom Semnaposca, Alte Gultizrv0,
‘Unfortursatety sie cancelid at tho lastranute after Sur arive In Sanbago, duo o & eovere cries of some
‘sort SemraPesca had putthe suspectlocniimed sits on movement reevrictions last wok. and on Aug &
‘Grcilaied parlal disease response plan, whten gave dations ard deeeribes come eurvellan ce
‘mensures, merested managemont cvotosics changes, and Bioeacu ty roquiremons. OA AUG Bctiny
‘ircuaied the same plan with some signficsnt edits, s0 Us is Ukeiy Sater, Thelr evatogies folowed
CIE protoceis in gareral. Fin sory Lwasreabio to meet vith Dr. Gullfade, But previded Nor
subordinates and Aquagestion ih cur programm and that of New Brunswick, sample aud, suvel tance
sample submission, vessel parmit forms, our publication lst, ete. Thay #268 what fooks iomo ike a
Dotentially severe problem for aiong listef regsons, Frcading eonstark background dloease, poor
ommunicaion, more intensive sh handing tha us, ‘Sica resistance abd glewirg ice problem, poor
knowledge and practice of biasecarly, lack of suppor by te governtrent song tides, clove prose ty of
‘shes, extensive use of welloats and liceaul of horvest st fo processing plans, no etfuent eater. —————————
‘ete, Thay wil likely be asking for more help
Sincerely,
SteveJn 9908 1 oa
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