Essential fatty acid metabolism and requirements of the cleaner fish, ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta: Defining pathways of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Kabeya, Naoki, Yevzelman, Simon, Oboh, Angela, Tocher, Douglas R, Monroig, Oscar
• Other Authors: University of Stirling, Institute of Aquaculture, Complex Systems - LEGACY, orcid:0000-0002-8603-9410, orcid:0000-0001-8712-0440
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Essential fatty acids; ballan wrasse; fatty acyl desaturase; elongation of very long chain fatty acid protein; Ballan; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26590; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.01.039; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/26590/1/Kabeya%20Wrasse%20Aquaculture%202018.pdf

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is an effective counter-measure against sea lice used by Atlantic salmon farmers, proving to be more effective and economical than drugs or chemical treatments alone. There are currently efforts underway to establish a robust culture system for this species, however,...