Potential disease interaction reinforced: double‐virus‐infected escaped farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., recaptured in a nearby river

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Madhun, A S, Karlsbakk, E, Isachsen, C H, Omdal, L M, Eide Sørvik, A G, Skaala, Ø, Barlaup, B T, Glover, K A
• Other Authors: The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12228; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfd.12228; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfd.12228; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jfd.12228

Abstract The role of escaped farmed salmon in spreading infectious agents from aquaculture to wild salmonid populations is largely unknown. This is a case study of potential disease interaction between escaped farmed and wild fish populations. In summer 2012, significant numbers of farmed Atlantic s...