title: Infectious diseases in oyster aquaculture require a new integrated approach.
abstract: Emerging diseases pose a recurrent threat to bivalve aquaculture. Recently, massive mortality events in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas associated with the detection of a microvariant of the ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1µVar) have been reported in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Although the spread of disease is often viewed as a governance failure, we suggest that the development of protective measures for bivalve farming is presently held back by the lack of key scientific knowledge. In this paper, we explore the case for an integrated approach to study the management of bivalve disease, using OsHV-1 as a case study. Reconsidering the key issues by incorporating multidisciplinary science could provide a holistic understanding of OsHV-1 and increase the benefit of research to policymakers.
authors.affiliation: UMR LEMAR 6539 (UBO/CNRS/IRD/Ifremer), Ifremer, Technopôle Brest Iroise, BP 70, Plouzané 29280, France fabrice.pernet@ifremer.fr.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0184
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pernet
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique et Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, Ifremer-SG2M-LGPMM, Avenue Mus de Loup, La Tremblade 17390, France.
authors.forename: Coralie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lupo
authors.affiliation: Dyneco/BENTHOS, Ifremer, Technopôle Brest Iroise, BP 70, Plouzané 29280, France.
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-4667
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bacher
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, 425 Werombi Road, Camden, New South Wales 2570, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Whittington
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000379:methods*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000517:prevention & control; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: bivalve; disease management; epidemiology; multidisciplinary; risk