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Development of an in vivo assay to assess attachment of Neoparamoeba sp. (an amphizoic gymnamoeba) to the gills of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.
Author(s) -
Crosbie P B B,
Adams M B,
Attard M G,
Nowak B F
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00805.x
Subject(s) - aquaculture , salmo , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , gill , biology , geography
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) in marine cultured\udAtlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Tasmania is\udcaused by the amphizoic protozoan Neoparamoeba\udsp. after it attaches to the gills (Zilberg & Munday\ud2000). The disease is characterized histologically by\udhyperplastic lesions resulting in lamellar fusion\udoften with the amoebae attached (Munday, Lange,\udFoster, Lester & Handlinger 1993; Adams &\udNowak 2001, 2003). AGD is a significant problem\udfor Atlantic salmon growers in Tasmania and at\udpresent is controlled by bathing in fresh water once\uda presumptive diagnosis has been made (see review\udby Munday, Zilberg & Findlay 2001)