Health screening and autogenous vaccination strategies for atypical Aeromonas salmonicida in farmed ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta, Ascanius)

• Main Author: Papadopoulou, Athina
• Other Authors: Adams, Alexandra, Migaud, Herve, Davie, Andrew, Monaghan, Sean, J, Funding body: Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Center, Sponsors: Mowi Scotland, Scottish Sea Farms and BioMar
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2019
• Subjects: Ballan wrasse; Atypical Aeromonas salmonicida; Vaccination; Immune response; Immunocompetence; Aeromonas salmonicid; Fish hatcheries; Bacterial diseases in fishes; Ballan; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30672; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/30672/1/Final_PhD%20Thesis%20APapadopoulou_%281%29.pdf

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta, A.) are deployed in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.) pens to control sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis, K) infestations in the Northern hemisphere. Bacterial disease outbreaks related to atypical Aeromonas salmonicida (aAs), however, cause significant mortalities in...