The vertebrate immune system is comprised of numerous distinct and interdependent
components. Every component has its own inherent protective value, and the final …

Vaccination plays an important role in large-scale commercial fish farming and has been a
key reason for the success of salmon cultivation. In addition to salmon and trout, commercial …

The decline in the fisheries of traditional marine species has been an incentive for the
diversification of today's aquaculture sector into the intensive rearing of many finfish species …

The increasing economic importance of fish parasitoses for aquaculture and fisheries has
enhanced the interest in the defence mechanisms against these infections. Both innate and …

In this review, recent developments in monitoring toxicological responses in estuarine
animals are analyzed, considering the biomarker responses to different classes of …

Please cite this paper as:'Fish matters': the relevance of fish skin biology to investigative
dermatology. Experimental Dermatology 2010. Abstract: Fish skin is a multi‐purpose tissue …

Abstract Background The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer), an ectoparasitic
copepod with a complex life cycle causes significant losses in salmon aquaculture. Pesticide …

Mammalian and fish skin share protective activities against environments that are rich in
infectious agents. Fish epidermis is endowed with an extrinsic barrier consisting of a mucus …

In this chapter, the current knowledge of mucosal immunity in fish skin is described. Skin is
considered the largest immunologically active organ in fish and is remarkably different from …

Background The salmon louse (SL) is an ectoparasitic caligid crustacean infecting salmonid
fishes in the marine environment. SL represents one of the major challenges for farming of …