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Posts Tagged ‘sea lice’

The future of sea louse control on salmon farms: do genetic technologies hold the key?

By Carly Feeks | January 30, 2023 | 0
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Genetic technologies could give salmon farmers the crucial tools they need to prevent sea louse infestations, according to researchers.

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Research highlights ways to improve the lives of cleaner-fish species

By Carly Feeks | December 19, 2022 | 0
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The welfare of lumpfish used in biological control of sea lice significantly worsens after they are moved to cages at sea, while for wrasse, challenges in nurseries are causing problems before sea transfer.

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Exposed, offshore salmon farms may complicate fish-health challenges

By Carly Feeks | December 5, 2022 | 0
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Life on exposed offshore aquaculture sites may increase the susceptibility of farmed Atlantic salmon to parasites and pathogens.

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How to balance fish welfare and environmental protection in aquaculture

By Carly Feeks | October 28, 2022 | 0
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Fish farmers’ efforts to protect the environment often come at a cost to fish welfare, say scientists at the University of Melbourne, in a new opinion paper.

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Novel parasiticide part of quest for long-lasting sea lice control in Chile

By Carly Feeks | July 12, 2022 | 0
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Currently, almost all Atlantic salmon producers affected by caligidosis have incorporated Alpha Flux as a useful and effective tool in their parasite-control strategy.

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User-friendly tools put cleaner fish welfare in the spotlight

By Carly Feeks | June 15, 2022 | 0
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A package of tools designed by scientists at Swansea University has been made available to help producers monitor the welfare of lumpfish, commonly used as biological control for sea lice on salmon farms.

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Submerged cages with air domes improve sea lice infestation but reduce welfare

By Carly Feeks | April 29, 2022 | 0
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Submerging Atlantic salmon sea cages with air domes can greatly reduce sea lice infestation levels, but this appears to come at a high cost.

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The road to sea-lice-resistant Atlantic salmon

By Carly Feeks | April 5, 2022 | 0
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An interview with Diego Robledo, PhD, scientist in aquaculture genetics and genomics at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh.

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Non-medicinal delousing approaches cause damage to salmon gill tissue

By Carly Feeks | March 28, 2022 | 0
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New research shows that thermal and mechanical delousing techniques used in Atlantic salmon aquaculture can cause damage to gill tissue, though the health impacts of this on farmed fish remain unknown.

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New research on deltamethrin resistance could pave way for optimized sea lice treatment

By Julio Mendoza, DVM Senior Technical Manager. Pharmaq | January 15, 2022 | 0
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New research on deltamethrin resistance in sea lice could help improve the effectiveness and reduce the costs of treating the global salmon industry’s “billion-dollar problem.”

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