Salmon lice sampled from wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout throughout Norway display high frequencies of the genotype Associated with pyrethroid resistance

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: Fjørtoft, Helene Børretzen, Nilsen, Frank, Besnier, Francois, Stene, Anne, Bjørn, Pål Arne, Tveten, Ann-Kristin, Aspehaug, Vidar Teis, Finstad, Bengt, Glover, Kevin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Resistance; Pyrethroid; Infestations; Aquaculture; Wild salmonids; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Norway; Sogn; Atlantic salmon; Finnmark; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2614516; https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00322

Atlantic salmon Salmo salar aquaculture is based on the use of open-pen sea cages, with the consequence that farmed fish are both recipients and sources of pathogens from surrounding waters. Currently, the parasitic salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis represents the most Critical biological challen...