Impact of Salmonid alphavirus infection in diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fry

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Herath, T.K., Ashby, A.J., Jayasuriya, N.S., Bron, J.E., Taylor, J.F., Adams, A., Richards, R.H., Weidmann, M., Ferguson, H.W., Taggart, J.B., Migaud, H., Fordyce, M.J., Thompson, K.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Sav’; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17213/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179192; https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17213/1/Tharangani%20Herath%20impact%20of%20salmonid%20alphavirus%20upload.pdf

With increasing interest in the use of triploid salmon in commercial aquaculture, gaining an understanding of how economically important pathogens affect triploid stocks is important. To compare the susceptibility of diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) to viral pathogens, fry were...