oysters banned in herpes scare

oysters banned in herpes scare

www.thesun.co.uk

FISHING bosses have BANNED moving oysters from southern England after thousands of the shellfish contracted HERPES.

No oysters are being allowed to move in or out of a major breeding area in a desperate bid to stop the disease spreading.

The lock-down has sealed the mouth of the Thames Estuary from Kent to Essex.

Local fishermen are fuming that they will have to stop fishing for the tasty catch — which sell for £3 each in posh restaurants — until the outbreak is dealt with.

The no-go zone was put in place this week after inspectors from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries an

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Samples taken from the dying oysters showed that they tested positive for oyster herpes virus and regulations are now in place to stop fishermen taking the shellfish out of the containment area.

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since when could oysters catch herpes and also die???

this is the most strangest story i have ever read!.
herpes/ oysters???

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reply to post by jumpingbeanz


Well it was a late night in 2009... I was on the beach with this woman... She told me she wasn't in the mood... So I walked in the ocean, grabbed an oyster and.......


I am sorry U.K.
I have needs too!!!!

Originally posted by Mobius1974
reply to post by jumpingbeanz

 

Well it was a late night in 2009... I was on the beach with this woman... She told me she wasn't in the mood... So I walked in the ocean, grabbed an oyster and.......


I am sorry U.K.
I have needs too!!!!

I am sorry, but that is funny. Thanks for a laugh.
Still funny on the second line.

reply to post by Mobius1974


Well they are an aphrodisiac is was only a matter of time before some one took the plunge.

In regards to the actual news story I have to say really really random story there is probably some guy out there telling his girlfriend, "I got it from an oyster not from that stripper in Vegas!" Or in reverse some girl saying " no sweetie I didn't cheat on you its... from the oysters"

A herpes-type virus infection, the first to be found in an invertebrate animal, is reported in the oyster Crassostrea virginica. Intranuclear herpes-type viral inclusions were more prevalent in the oyster at elevated water temperatures of 28 degrees to 30 degrees C than at normal ambient temperatures of 18 degrees to 20 degrees C. The inclusions were associated with a lethal disease at the elevated temperatures.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...

I am assuming it may well be because of the rising temperatures at the moment.

I actually never knew creatures like this in the sea can get such a virus

Paris Hilton must have been swimming in the shores...
Hmm.

reply to post by CanadianDream420


Even the oysters would steer clear..

Maybe it wasnt an oyster they found... maybe they found Paris's mommy parts and thought it was a oyster.. It was bound to fall off some day.

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I was soo smooth, I just couldn't help myself!

reply to post by jetorbit


lol hahaha that's quite funny

you made me laugh! lol

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I don't know if I should laugh or cry... Its wrong on so many levels but funny at the same time...

Well it only goes to show

-George Harrison

reply to post by jumpingbeanz

The lock-down has sealed the mouth of the Thames Estuary from Kent to Essex Read more: www.thesun.co.uk...

The mouth of the Thames has got herpes.

Gaia ....... you trollop !