Identification of genetic loci associated with higher resistance to pancreas disease (PD) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

• Published in: BMC Genomics
• Main Authors: Hillestad, Borghild, Makvandi-Nejad, Shokouh, Krasnov, Aleksei, Moghadam, Hooman K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Norway; Sav’; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7268189/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-06788-4

BACKGROUND: Pancreas disease (PD) is a contagious disease caused by salmonid alphavirus (SAV) with significant economic and welfare impacts on salmon farming. Previous work has shown that higher resistance against PD has underlying additive genetic components and can potentially be improved through...