Medicinal treatments

New research suggests that tapeworms often found in the gut microbiome of Atlantic salmon can host their own microbial communities – potentially rewriting the parasitic treatment methods currently used in the aquaculture…

The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) has granted Ectosan Vet a marketing authorisation that allows producers to re-use treatment water as they tackle sea lice.

For the first time in Scotland an innovative water purification system will be trialled alongside a medicine used to treat sea lice on salmon, in what could be a major boost for fish health and wellbeing.

Researchers from Chile’s INCAR have found that tiamulin can be used in lieu of florfenicol in the fight against tenacibaculosis.

Initial quarterly reports from Benchmark PLC show a 38 percent jump in revenues in 2022 as its long-awaited sea lice treatments CleanTreat and Ectosan Vet begin commercial operations.

The Scottish salmon farming sector used over twice the volume of antibiotics per kilo of salmon produced in 2020 as it did in 2019, according to new figures from the Veterinary Medicines Directive.

José Antonio Camposano, executive president of Ecuador’s national chamber of aquaculture (CNA), provides the country’s latest shrimp production figures, thoughts on sustainability and reflections on the chamber’s new par…

Three of the eight aquaculture startups to take part the Yield Lab's inaugural Global Aquaculture Challenge were awarded significant prizes at a pitching event to mark the end of the conference.

The salmon industry's first new medicinal treatment in over a decade is on the cusp of its first commercial deployment in Norway.

The Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) has authorised Benchmark PLC’s Ectosan Vet (BMK08) sea lice treatment.

A project that aims to reduce the need for antibiotics in Egypt’s tilapia farming sector is gaining momentum.

Skretting and Proteon Pharmaceuticals are joining forces to develop bacteriophage technology for aquaculture.

Recent experiments have shown that crude venom from the Acromitus flagellatus jellyfish can slow – and even reverse – human liver and lung cancer cell growth, suggesting that it could be a promising cancer treat…

A case study from Louisiana suggests that most shrimp products that are imported into the US contain antibiotic residues and sulphites, violating the country’s labelling and regulatory standards.

BMK08, a novel treatment against sea lice, is one step closer to commercial launch, having been recommended for approval by the EU’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP).

As antibiotics face stricter regulations and antimicrobial resistance becomes more widespread, the aquaculture sector is seeking new ways to treat bacterial infections – bringing a renewed focus on bacteriophages.

Chileans have been warned not to eat any of the 875,000 escaped salmon that are currently at large in the Los Lagos area, as they have recently been treated with antibiotics.

The use of antibiotics in the global salmon sector has halved over the course of the last seven years, due to improvements in antibiotics stewardship, disease control and fish welfare, according to a new report.

To mark both European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and the start of WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness week, Dr Chris Matthews, operations director at Fish Vet Group, talks to The Fish Site about antimicrobial resistanc…

A new online course on antimicrobial stewardship in the food chain, including the aquaculture sector, was launched today.