Amoebic gill disease (AGD) and sea lice are two of the most significant disease issues that
the Norwegian Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry is facing. Although both diseases …

Gill health is one of the main health challenges for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
mariculture worldwide, and amoebic gill disease (AGD), caused by the marine …

The gills of fish are covered with a thin mucous membrane, which has a large external
surface area that is in continuous contact with ambient water irrigating the organ during …

The development and the application of a quantitative duplex real‐time PCR for the
detection of Neoparamoeba perurans and the elongation factor α 1 gene (ELF) of Atlantic …

Gelatinous plankton present a challenge to marine fish aquaculture that remains to be
addressed. Shifting plankton distributions, suggested by some to be a result of factors such …

Abstract Amoebic Gill Disease affects farmed salmonids and is caused by Neoparamoeba
perurans. Clonal cultures of this amoeba have been used for challenge experiments …

Amoebic infections in fish are most likely underestimated and sometimes overlooked due to
the challenges associated with their diagnosis. Amoebic diseases reported in fish affect …

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) caused by the ectoparasite Paramoeba perurans affects several
cultured marine fish species worldwide. In this study, the morphology and ultrastructure of P …

Amoebic gill diseases (AGD) caused primarily by the amphizoic Neoparamoeba spp. have
been identified as significant to fish health in intensive aquaculture. These diseases have …

This book chapter discusses the prevalence, geographical distribution, host range, disease
transmission, diagnosis, clinical aspects, animal pathology, pathological lesions …