Spinal deformation in commercially cultured Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.: a clinical and radiological study

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Sullivan, M, Hammond, G, Roberts, R J, Manchester, N J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00889.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2761.2007.00889.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00889.x

Abstract A clinical and radiographic study was carried out on 2016 randomly selected Atlantic salmon parr from six farms, which weighed between 55 and 100 g. In addition, 86 fish from six marine farms were similarly studied. Radiographically detectable vertebral lesions were found in 3.8–8.8% of the...