Elevated Seawater Temperature and Infection with Neoparamoeba perurans Exacerbate Complex Gill Disease in Farmed Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) in British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Simon R. M. Jones, Derek Price
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: amoebic gill disease; complex gill disease; Atlantic salmon; aquaculture; temperature; salinity; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10051039; https://doaj.org/article/47c061ebe7c749ebbfb4705f510e1c54

Gill disorders and diseases are emergent health concerns affecting marine-farmed salmon, for which the causal factors are poorly understood in British Columbia (BC), Canada. This study sought to describe and compare spatial and temporal patterns of infection with Neoparamoeba perurans , the causal a...