Descriptive multi-agent epidemiology via molecular screening on Atlantic salmon farms in the northeast Pacific Ocean

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Andrew W. Bateman, Angela D. Schulze, Karia H. Kaukinen, Amy Tabata, Gideon Mordecai, Kelsey Flynn, Arthur Bass, Emiliano Di Cicco, Kristina M. Miller
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78978-9; https://doaj.org/article/29ee43ebad544ca18a7f7d9050457b54

Abstract Rapid expansion of salmon aquaculture has resulted in high-density populations that host diverse infectious agents, for which surveillance and monitoring are critical to disease management. Screening can reveal infection diversity from which disease arises, differential patterns of infectio...