Rogrio Salvador, North Paran State University, looks at the impact of streptococcosis on tilapia in Brazil and efficacy of AquaVac Strep Sa for managing the disease under controlled conditions. Taken from the MSD Animal Health 'Bacterial Disease in Warmwater F…
There have been an increasing number of infections in fish associated with different species of Chryseobacterium, being considered potentially emerging pathogens. Nevertheless the knowledge of the diversity of species associated with fish disease is partial du…
Farmed salmon smolts become more robust and more likely to survive if they undergo optimal aerobic exercise training prior to sea transfer. This was the main message from Chilean Vicente Castro in his doctoral defense in Norway recently.
G. salaris is a tiny creature measuring less than half a millimetre in length. It uses its tiny claws to attach itself to the skin ofyoung salmon, which it then eats. G. salaris breeds prolifically and a young salmon may be host to up to 10,000 individual spec…
Salmon exposed to algal-produced neurotoxins show changes in both their brain activity and general behaviour. It has also been found that very small doses of these toxins can have an affect on how salmon relate to other fish.
Transmission of infection from neighbouring fish farms is the main way that the viral disease Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) spreads during epidemics. This is the key conclusion of Trude Lyngstad's doctoral research.
