Browsing Marine & Freshwater Research Centre, ATU Galway City by Subject "Amoebic gill disease"

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Antimicrobial peptide gene expression in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) seven days post-challenge with Neoparamoeba perurans

McGrath, Leisha; O'Keeffe, Joan; Slattery, Orla (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-10-04)

Amoebic gill disease in teleost fish is caused by the marine parasite Neoparamoeba perurans. To date, the role of antimicrobial peptides β-defensins and cathelicidins in this infection have not been explored. Using a ...
Gill disease in finfish aquaculture with emphasis on amoebic gill disease

Downes, Jamie Kian (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2017-08)

Gill disease is one of the most significant challenges facing global salmon aquaculture and in terms of economic impact; amoebic gill disease (AGD) caused by the free living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans is perhaps the ...