Development of an in vivo assay to assess attachment of Neoparamoeba sp. (an amphizoic gymnamoeba) to the gills of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) in marine cultured Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Tasmania is caused by the amphizoic protozoan Neoparamoeba sp. after it attaches to the gills (Zilberg & Munday 2000). The disease is characterized histologically by hyperplastic lesions resulting in lamellar fusio...

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Published in:Journal of Fish Diseases
Main Authors: Crosbie, PBB, Adams, MB, Attard, M, Nowak, BF
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2007
Subjects:
300703 Aquaculture
amoebic gill disease • Atlantic salmon • attachment • gill pathology • in vivo assay • Neoparamoeba sp
Lester
Findlay
Nowak
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/4400/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/4400/1/4400.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00805.x
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Summary:Amoebic gill disease (AGD) in marine cultured Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Tasmania is caused by the amphizoic protozoan Neoparamoeba sp. after it attaches to the gills (Zilberg & Munday 2000). The disease is characterized histologically by hyperplastic lesions resulting in lamellar fusion often with the amoebae attached (Munday, Lange, Foster, Lester & Handlinger 1993; Adams & Nowak 2001, 2003). AGD is a significant problem for Atlantic salmon growers in Tasmania and at present is controlled by bathing in fresh water once a presumptive diagnosis has been made (see review by Munday, Zilberg & Findlay 2001).

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