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Third generation oyster farmer Rob Moxham compares a plump, healthy oyster (L) to one that is affected by QX parasite at his farm on the Hawkesbury River, about 45 km (28 miles)
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Third generation oyster farmer Rob Moxham inspects a pasty coloured, dying oyster on a half shell at his farm on the Hawkesbury River, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Sydney, May
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Third generation oyster farmer Rob Moxham compares a plump, healthy oyster (L) to one that is affected by QX parasite at his farm on the Hawkesbury River, about 45 km (28 miles)
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