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Host preference of adult Caligus elongatus Nordmann in the laboratory and its implications for Atlantic cod aquaculture.
Journal of fish diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Oines O, Simonsen J H, Knutsen J A, Heuch P A
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The sea louse Caligus elongatus utilizes a range of marine fish species as hosts, and it has been suggested that fish farms are infected with adult C. elongatus from wild fish hosts. We assessed experimentally whether dislodged lice return to their original host species. Adult lice from wild lump...
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