Environmental DNA for assessing abundance of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in salmon (Salmo salar) farms

The aim of this thesis was to investigate an alternative way to detect salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in the field, and investigate the possibility of counting salmon lice in a commercial farming facility of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by using methods and tools based on environmental DNA (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nygaard, Magnus
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2018
Subjects:
VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Akvakultur: 922
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922
FSK-3960
Slaughter
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21209
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Summary:The aim of this thesis was to investigate an alternative way to detect salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in the field, and investigate the possibility of counting salmon lice in a commercial farming facility of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by using methods and tools based on environmental DNA (henceforth referred to as eDNA). This was performed by sampling water in a salmon farming facility over a couple of months, collecting live salmon lice at a local salmon slaughter factory and conducting an experiment in a laboratory under a controlled environment.

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