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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Microbial endocrinology as an instigator of bacterial fish disease

In recent years, bacterial disease outbreaks in sea-farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway have become increasingly frequent. This concerns both well-known diseases such as furunculosis and yersiniosis, but also bacteria never or seldom associated with disease previously. The background for this situat...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Pan-genome analysis of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida with focus on genetic determinants for host specificity.

Lakselus er en av de viktigste truslene mot norsk lakseoppdrettsnæring, og ulike arter av rensefisk benyttes i utstrakt grad for biologisk kontroll av lakselus. Helsesituasjonen blant rensefisk i dag er imidlertid uholdbar, da bortimot all rensefisken i et anlegg dør i løpet av et lakseinnsett. I...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Akershus