Salmonids

Proliferative kidney disease is a widespread disease of farmed and wildsalmonid populations in Europe and North America, caused by the myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae. Ahmed Abd-Elfattah et al, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria, evalua…

Jan G. Davidsen and his graduate students are spies. They use listening stations and special tags they attach to their subjects to track their movements. They follow their subjects winter and summer, day and night.They are in pursuit of secrets and are relentl…

Salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis Kryer may affect survival and growth ofanadromous salmonids through physiological stress and/or behavioural changes. Using acoustic telemetry tracking, Karl ystein Gjelland et al, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, inv…

Knut Wiik Vollset and Bjrn Torgeir Barlaup, Uni Research - Environment, LFI, Norway, report on the first observation of a winter epizootic of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis Kryer on sea trout Salmo trutta Linnaeus in a Norwegian fjord with intensivesalmon…

Two real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assaysunder consideration for deployment to multiple testing laboratories across the USA were evaluated for diagnostic sensitivity and specificity on tissue homogenates obtained from natur…

Eight laboratories worked collectively to evaluate 4 real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) protocols targeting viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) being considered for deployment to a USA laboratory testing network, write Janet V. Warg et al, National Veterinary Se…