Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta display different susceptibility to clonal strains of Paramoeba perurans

• Published in: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
• Main Authors: Dahle, Ole Martin Vik, Blindheim, Steffen H., Nylund, Are, Karlsbakk, Egil, Breck, Olav, Glosvik, Henriette, Andersen, Linda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ballan; Norway; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2728357; https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03483

Amoebic gill disease (AGD), caused by the marine amoeba Paramoeba perurans, is an important disease of farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. in Norway. The use of wrasse as cleaner fish in salmon net pens raises questions about interspecies transmission of pathogens such as P. perurans. In this stud...