Experimental induction of mouthrot in Atlantic salmon smolts using Tenacibaculum maritimum from Western Canada

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Frisch, Kathleen Marie, Småge, Sverre Bang, Vallestad, Camilla, Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen, Klevan, Are, Olsen, Rolf Hetlelid, Sjaatil, Stine, Gauthier, David, Brudeseth, Bjørn Erik, Nylund, Are
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: challenge model; cohabitation; experimental model; Pacific Northwest; Salmo Salar; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/18882; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12818

Mouthrot, or bacterial stomatitis, is a disease which mainly affects farmed Atlantic salmon, (Salmo salar, L.), smolts recently transferred into salt water in both British Columbia (BC), Canada, and Washington State, USA. It is a significant fish welfare issue which results in economic losses due to...