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General Information

Event name: IE-13-004
Country: IRELAND
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
 Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 0.28µg/g)
Associated syndrome: AZP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (NMP)
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: CLARKE, Dave

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Sligo, Achill & Clew Bay,
HAB Area code(s): IE-07
Additional location information: affected sites: Sligo, murrisk and bealacragher
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: Murrisk Jul - Aug 2013 bealacragher 22-10-13

Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus:
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
C.gigas Azaspiracids AZA1 eq 0.28µg/g LC-MS
T. pjhilippinarium Azaspiracids AZA1 eq 0.19µg/g LC-MS
M.edulis Azaspiracids AZA1 eq 0.19µg/g LC-MS
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
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Created at 12:24 on 16 Sep 2016
Updated at 01:24 on 16 Sep 2016
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