A survey of product defects in Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

In a histological survey of 1606 Atlantic salmon from south eastern Tasmania only one infection with Kudoa thyrsites and one with Pleistophora sp. were detected. Possible reasons for these low prevalences are discussed. Incidental lesions examined additional to the survey were examples of lymphoma,...

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Published in:Aquaculture
Main Authors: Munday, BL, Xiao-quo, S, Harshbarger, JC
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 1998
Subjects:
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Fisheries Sciences
Aquaculture
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00381-0
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/13739
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Summary:In a histological survey of 1606 Atlantic salmon from south eastern Tasmania only one infection with Kudoa thyrsites and one with Pleistophora sp. were detected. Possible reasons for these low prevalences are discussed. Incidental lesions examined additional to the survey were examples of lymphoma, melanoma, thyroid tumors, chronic inflammatory tissue and abscess.

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