A longitudinal study of amoebic gill disease on a marine Atlantic salmon farm utilising a real-time PCR assay for the detection of Neoparamoeba perurans

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) is a proliferative gill disease of marine cultured Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with the free-living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans being the primary aetiological agent. The increased incidence of AGD in recent years presents a significant challenge to the Atlantic salmon...

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Main Authors: JK Downes, K Henshilwood, EM Collins, A Ryan, I O’Connor, HD Rodger, E MacCarthy, NM Ruane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2015-11-01
Series:Aquaculture Environment Interactions
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v7/n3/p239-251/