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Imported aquacultured reef clams found to have foreign disease

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Vividly colorful giant clams officially called tridacnids decorate many an upscale aquarium. But now experts say they boast an exterior beauty that masks an ugly truth: their potential for carrying foreign diseases.

Filed under Research, Business, Environment, Sciences, Veterinary on Tuesday, April 8, 2008.