Potential disease interaction reinforced: double-virus-infected escaped farmed Atlantic salmon,Salmo salar L., recaptured in a nearby river

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Madhun, A S, Karlsbakk, E, Isachsen, C H, Omdal, L M, Eide Sørvik, A G, Skaala, Ø, Barlaup, B T, Glover, K A
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Original Articles; Norway; Sav’; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303929; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24467305; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12228

The role of escaped farmed salmon in spreading infectious agents from aquaculture to wild salmonid populations is largely unknown. This is a case study of potential disease interaction between escaped farmed and wild fish populations. In summer 2012, significant numbers of farmed Atlantic salmon wer...