Vertebral column deformity with curved cross-stitch vertebrae in Norwegian seawater-farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

• Published in: Journal of Fish Diseases
• Main Authors: Trangerud, Cathrine, Bjørgen, Håvard, Koppang, Erling Olaf, Grøntvedt, Randi, Skogmo, Hege Kippenes, Ottesen, Nina, Kvellestad, Agnar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Norway; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2687422; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13136

Pathological changes in the vertebral column of farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway have been reported since the 1990s. Based on the characteristic radiographic findings, we here present a vertebral column deformity named “curved cross‐stitch vertebrae” that mainly affects the middle aspect of the vert...