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QTL mapping provides new insights into emamectin benzoate resistance in salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis.
BMC genomics - 18 Dec 2024
Sturm Armin, Carmona-Antoñanzas Greta, Humble Joseph L, Croton Claudia, Boyd Sally, Mphuti Rapule, Taggart John B, Bassett David I, Houston Ross D, Gharbi Karim, Bron James E, Bekaert Michaël
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is a parasite of wild and farmed salmonid fish, causing huge economic damage to the commercial farming of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the northern hemisphere. The avermectin emamectin benzoate (EMB) is widely used for salmon delousing. While resistance to EMB is widespread in Atlantic populations of L. salmonis, the molecular mechanisms of resistance...
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