In vitro passages impact on virulence of Saprolegnia parasitica to Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. parr

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Songe, M M, Thoen, E, Evensen, Ø, Skaar, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12175; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfd.12175; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfd.12175; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jfd.12175

Abstract The effect of serial in vitro subculturing on three pathogenic strains of S aprolegnia parasitica was investigated. The isolates were passed through A tlantic salmon, S almo salar L . parr, and then re‐isolated as single spore colonies. All strains caused infection. The isolate obtained fro...