Prevention not cure: a review of methods to avoid sea lice infestations in salmon aquaculture

LT Barrett, F Oppedal, N Robinson… - Reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry still struggles with ectoparasitic sea lice despite
decades of research and development invested into louse removal methods. In contrast …

Genome‐wide identification of catfish antimicrobial peptides: a new perspective to enhance fish disease resistance

J Wang, B Su, RA Dunham - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defence peptides, are evolutionarily
ancient defensive weapons that can combat infections caused by pathogens. Fish‐derived …

A new method for regionalization of the vertebral column in salmonids based on radiographic hallmarks

M Sankar, H Kryvi, TWK Fraser, AJP Philip… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current procedures to establish vertebral column regionalization (eg, histology) in fish are
time consuming and difficult to apply. The aim of this study was to develop a more rapid and …

Parasites and host species barriers in animal hybrid zones

AN Theodosopoulos, AK Hund, SA Taylor - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2019 - cell.com
Species barriers are tested in hybrid zones when gene flow occurs between hybridizing
species. Hybridization can erode species barriers, lead to the introgression of adaptive traits …

Disease reduction in aquaculture with genetic and genomic technology: current and future approaches

A Elaswad, R Dunham - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Reduction in the occurrence and severity of disease in aquaculture would improve the
productivity, profitability, efficiency and welfare of aquacultural fish. Genetic approaches that …

Genome Manipulation Advances in Selected Aquaculture Organisms

J Wang, Y Cheng, B Su, RA Dunham - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the rising global demand for seafood and the challenges posed by overfishing and
climate change, the aquaculture sector has become increasingly important in providing high …

[HTML][HTML] Reciprocal hybrids of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) x brown trout (S. trutta) confirm a heterotic response to experimentally induced amoebic gill disease (AGD)

MB Adams, BT Maynard, M Rigby, JW Wynne… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) affects global marine aquaculture production of Atlantic salmon,
requiring costly reiterative treatment and negatively impacting fish performance and welfare …

Salmonid heterosis for resistance to amoebic gill disease (AGD)

BT Maynard, RS Taylor, PD Kube, MT Cook, NG Elliott - Aquaculture, 2016 - Elsevier
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) has been an economically significant problem for the
Tasmanian Atlantic salmon Salmo salar aquaculture industry for over 25 years. More …

Vertebral deformities in interspecific diploid and triploid salmonid hybrids

TWK Fraser, TJ Hansen, F Sambraus… - Journal of Fish …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vertebral deformities in salmonid interspecific hybrids, some of which were triploidised, were
assessed across three separate year classes during the freshwater life stage. Initially, eggs …

Ploidy elicits a whole-genome dosage effect: growth of triploid Atlantic salmon is linked to the genetic origin of the second maternal chromosome set

AC Harvey, PG Fjelldal, MF Solberg, T Hansen… - BMC genetics, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry is investigating the feasibility
of using sterile triploids to mitigate genetic interactions with wild conspecifics, however …