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Interactions between Paramoeba perurans, the causative agent of amoebic gill disease, and the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis
2016-04-01
Abstract excerpt
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) is caused by the ectoparasite Paramoeba perurans found free-living in seawater. In recent years outbreaks of AGD have occurred in most salmon farming countries causing significant economic losses. Mussels co-cultured with salmon in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems may change pathogen dynamics on sites by acting as reservoirs or biological controls. Through the use of a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2591d0fb-6ff9-542b-8418-dbbb8c4334d4
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.01.019
