Little is known about host responses of farmed Chinook salmon with skin lesions, despite
the lesions being associated with increased water temperatures and elevated mortality …

Abstract Farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are prone to various conditions affecting the
quality of the fillet. A well-known but so far poorly understood condition is the focal red …

Background Enormous variability in skin colour and patterning is a characteristic of teleost
fish, including Salmonidae fishes, which present themselves as a suitable model for …

Background In fish, morphological colour changes occur from variations in pigment
concentrations and in the morphology, density, and distribution of chromatophores in the …

The presence of melanin in muscle fillets of farmed salmon represents a considerable
quality problem for the salmon industry with major economic concerns. In this study, we have …

Background The characteristic pink-reddish color in the salmonids fillet is an important,
appealing quality trait for consumers and producers. The color results from diet …

The parr–smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a complex developmental
process that culminates in the ability to migrate to and live in seawater. We used GRASP …

Melanin comprises a complex group of pigmented polymers whose primary function is
ascribed to dermal solar protection, but may also have an interesting role in innate immunity …

Background Early maturation in the Atlantic salmon is an interesting subject for numerous
research lines. Prior to sea migration, parr can reach sexual maturation and successfully …

Flesh colour in salmonids is a very important commercial trait that shows additive genetic
variance with significant environmental influence. Selective breeding for this trait is difficult …