Deformities prevalence in farmed ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) in relation to hatchery origin and life stage

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Cavrois-Rogacki, Thomas, Drabikova, Lucia, Migaud, Hervé, Davie, Andrew
• Other Authors: Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, Institute of Aquaculture, orcid:0000-0002-5404-7512, orcid:0000-0002-9524-618X
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2021
• Subjects: Ballan wrasse; Cleaner fish; Deformity; Nephrocalcinosis; Vertebrae; Ballan; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/32069; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736212; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/32069/1/Cavrois-Rogacki_etal_Nov2020_STORRE.pdf

The production of farmed ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is developing, with an emphasis on sustainability and quality. However, ballan wrasse hatcheries have anecdotally reported increased prevalence of malformations which may impact on fish welfare and hatchery productivity. The present study ther...