Ireland: “A significant step for disease management” in the salmon sector

According to the startup, this is the first and only available system to notify farmers about the risk in their area of non-notifiable diseases – which are not currently tracked by Norwegian government regulators. “Outbreaks of these diseases are growing and pose a huge threat to the industry. We’re excited to let farmers instantly share critical disease information within a secure farmer-only network. This will give farms more time to plan biosecurity measures that can minimise the impact of these diseases for their area and the entire industry,” said Tony Chen, co-founder and CEO of the data analytics startup, in a press release. Manolin’s* industry member data shows that non-notifiable diseases caused fewer than 1 percent of total mortalities from 2012 to 2016, but increased to 10 percent in 2019 and 9 percent in 2020. So far in 2021, non-notifiable diseases have comprised 7 percent of total reported mortalities. According to a Norwegian Veterinary Institute 2020 report, "The ...