Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector and is rapidly becoming the
primary source of seafood for human diets. Selective breeding programs are enabling …

The interplay between nutrition and immune system is well recognised, however the true
integration of research between nutrition, animal energy status and immune function is still …

Infectious and parasitic diseases generate large economic losses in salmon farming. A
feasible and sustainable alternative to prevent disease outbreaks may be represented by …

Interactions between parasite, host and host-associated microbiota are increasingly
understood as important determinants of disease progression and morbidity. Salmon lice …

Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for
global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that …

While populations of other migratory salmonids suffer in the Anthropocene, pink salmon
(Oncorhynchus gorbusca Salmonidae) are thriving, and their distribution is expanding both …

The amphibian-killing chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is one of the most
generalist pathogens known, capable of infecting hundreds of species globally and causing …

Infectious diseases represent a major threat for the sustainable development of fish farming.
Efficient vaccines are not available against all diseases, and growing antibiotics resistance …

Disease outbreaks with the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis cause significant
economic losses in mariculture operations worldwide. Variable innate immune responses at …

Sea lice (Caligus rogercresseyi) are ectoparasitic copepods which have a large negative
economic and welfare impact in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture, particularly in …