“…The economic importance of selective breeding for disease resistance in aquaculture species has led to the estimation of genetic parameters, aiming for genetic improvement. In previous studies, resistance was measured from survival rates after experimental infections (Gitterle Ødegård, Gjerde, Rye, & Salte, 2006;Guy, Bishop, Woolliams, & Brotherston, 2009;Krishna et al, 2011;Kube, Taylor, & Elliott, 2012;Lhorente, Gallardo, Villanueva, & Araya, 2012;Liu et al, 2016;Mahapatra et al, 2009;Moss, Moss, & Lotz, 2013;Ødegård, Baranski, Gjerde, & Gjedrem, 2011;Ødegård, Sommer, & Praebel, 2010;Wang et al, 2014;Xu, Chen, & Zhang, 2010;Yáñez & Martínez, 2010;Yáñez et al, 2013). Statistical models for analysis of survival data (e.g., proportional hazard frailty model and threshold model) can be longitudinal or cross-sectional (Yáñez et al, 2013).…”