Intensive smolt production is associated with deviating cardiac morphology in atlantic salmon

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Frisk, Michael, Høyland, Maren, Zhang, Lili, Vindas, Marco, Øverli, Øyvind, Johansen, Ida Beitnes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81352; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84450; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735615

High pre-slaughter mortality rates of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) are a reoccurring welfare issue and economic burden in aquaculture. Sudden death immediately prior to slaughter is particularly problematic given the considerable resources invested to reach this stage. Although the underlying ca...