Pathology of experimentally induced mouthrot caused by Tenacibaculum maritimum in Atlantic salmon smolts

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 11; p. e0206951
• Main Authors: Frisch, Kathleen, Småge, Sverre Bang, Johansen, Renate, Duesund, Henrik, Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen, Nylund, Are
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Bacteria; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Disease; Electron microscopy; Epidemics; Fish; Genes; Histology; Infections; Kidneys; Lesions; Medicine and Health Sciences; Membrane proteins; Outbreaks; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Periodontal disease; Periodontal diseases; Periodontics; Plaques; Polymerase chain reaction; Protein A; Proteins; Real time; Research and Analysis Methods; Saline water; Salmo salar; Salmon; Scanning electron microscopy; Skin; Skin diseases; Teeth; Triglochin maritimum; Tropism; United States > US; Norway; Pacific Northwest

Mouthrot, caused by Tenacibaculum maritimum is a significant disease of farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar on the West Coast of North America. Smolts recently transferred into saltwater are the most susceptible and affected fish die with little internal or external clinical signs other than the cha...