Hydrodynamic connectivity, water temperature, and salinity are major drivers of piscirickettsiosis prevalence and transmission among salmonid farms in Chile

Piscirickettsiosis is one of the most important diseases affecting farmed salmonid in Chile. Several studies have demonstrated the survival of Piscirickettsia salmonis in seawater and the horizontal transmission from infected to non-infected fish; however, the extent of waterborne transmission betwe...

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Main Authors: F Bravo, JPS Sidhu, P Bernal, RH Bustamante, S Condie, B Gorton, M Herzfeld, D Jimenez, FO Mardones, F Rizwi, ADL Steven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2020-07-01
Series:Aquaculture Environment Interactions
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v12/p263-279/