Immune-regulatory genes in amoebic gill disease : potential for immunomodulation ...
Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) is the most significant health problem affecting Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, culture in Tasmania, Australia. Caused by the ectoparasite Neoparamoeba sp., AGD is an emerging disease in several other countries (USA, Ireland, France, Spain, Chile, New Zealand) and affects s...
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University Of Tasmania
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23235359.v1 https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Immune-regulatory_genes_in_amoebic_gill_disease_potential_for_immunomodulation/23235359/1 |
| Summary: | Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) is the most significant health problem affecting Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, culture in Tasmania, Australia. Caused by the ectoparasite Neoparamoeba sp., AGD is an emerging disease in several other countries (USA, Ireland, France, Spain, Chile, New Zealand) and affects several other cultured fish species (rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, turbot, Scophthalmus maximus). AGD and the cost of treatment, freshwater bathing, have negatively impacted on the production of Atlantic salmon in Tasmania. Consequently, alternative AGD management strategies are required. Thus an understanding of the disease processes associated with AOD pathology and the immune response to AGD is essential to the development of alternative AGD management strategies. Therefore, the immune response to AGD was partially characterised using molecular techniques, and the potential use of immunostimulants to reduce the impact of AGD on the Tasmanian salmonid industry was ... |
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