Estimating sea lice infestation pressure on salmon farms: Comparing different methods using multivariate state-space models

• Published in: Epidemics
• Main Authors: Adel Elghafghuf, Raphael Vanderstichel, Larry Hammell, Henrik Stryhn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Sea lice abundance; Infestation pressure; Salmon farms; State-space model; Estimation methods; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Manan; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100394; https://doaj.org/article/ea951bc058c744e0803b773091edafa2

Sea lice are ectoparasites of salmonids, and are considered to be one of the main threats to Atlantic salmon farming. Sea lice infestation on a farm is usually initiated by attachment of the free-living copepodid stage derived from the surrounding water, frequently originating from adult lice on the...