Pathogens from salmon aquaculture in relation to conservation of wild Pacific salmon in Canada
Martin Krkosek,
Andrew W. Bateman,
Arthur L. Bass
et al.
Abstract:The spread of pathogens from farmed salmon is a conservation concern for wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Three pathogens are prevalent in farmed Atlantic salmon in BC, spill over to wild Pacific salmon, and are linked to negative impacts on wild salmon: Piscine orthoreovirus,
Tenacibaculum
spp., and sea lice (
Lepeophtheirus salmonis
). Molecular screening of infectious agents in farmed and wild salmon and environmental DNA highlights a furt… Show more
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