Host response to amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon and blood fluke infection in Pacific bluefin tuna ...

• Main Author: Pennacchi, Y
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: Pacific; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23240246; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Host_response_to_amoebic_gill_disease_in_Atlantic_salmon_and_blood_fluke_infection_in_Pacific_bluefin_tuna/23240246

Amoebic gill disease (AGD), caused by Neoparamoeba perurans, and Cardicola spp. infection represent a great concern for the sea-cage culture of Atlantic salmon in Australia, and Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) in Japan. These fish parasitoses have been linked to mortality of the affected individuals if treatment is not provided. To date the only treatments used by industries to mitigate the outbreaks of these parasitic diseases and avoid mortality are the freshwater bath and the hydrogen peroxide bath (Northern hemisphere) of the AGD-affected Atlantic salmon stocks and the administration of the antihelminthic drug praziquantel (PZQ) to bluefin tuna infected by Cardicola spp. Several studies have been carried out on AGD and Cardicola spp. infection, nevertheless little is known about the host immune response to these infectious diseases. To deepen our knowledge of the fish immune response to AGD and Cardicola spp. infection is of utmost importance to contribute to the development of immune-based health strategies ...