Acclimatisation with lice-infested salmon improves cleaner fish lice consumption

• Main Authors: K Gentry, S Bui, F Oppedal, R Bjelland, V Nola, Tim Dempster
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Agricultural; veterinary and food sciences; Fisheries sciences; Ecology; Environmental sciences; Pollution and contamination; Uncategorised value; Ballan; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10779/DRO/DU:24603285.v2; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Acclimatisation_with_lice-infested_salmon_improves_cleaner_fish_lice_consumption/24603285

Securing the welfare and maximising the lice removal efficacy of ~60 million cleaner fish used each year on salmonid farms is essential to develop a productive and ethical industry with low salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis levels. We tested whether ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta welfare and lice c...