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FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Salmon lice as models for understanding life history evolution of parasites

Salmon lice represent an important problem both in relation to fish farming and to the conservation of wild salmonids. It is now estimated that at least 95 % of all salmon lice eggs in the sea come from farmed fish. The majority of salmon lice have ther efore changed their resource base from wi...

Tildelt: kr 3,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Vestland

BIOBIOT-Biologi, bioteknologi, Mat. Nat.

Testing the cost-of-virulence hypothesis: Does a horizontally transmitted parasite have an optimal virulence?

Parasitism is a constant threat to human health, food production and wildlife conservation. Some species, or strains, produce highly lethal diseases while others are benign. Trying to understand the reasons for this variation in virulence is one of the ma jor challenges in epidemiology. In this p...

Tildelt: kr 1,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2002-2004

Sted: Vestland