Acronym DeviHeart
Category
Aquaculture
Title Consequences of Deviating Heart morphology in farmed salmon Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Michael Frisk Coordinator email michael.frisk@medisin.uio.no
Coordinator institution
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA - Bjørøya AS (Norway) ,
NA - Cermaq Norway AS (Norway) ,
NA - Emilsen fisk AS (Norway) ,
NA - Flatanger Settefisk AS (Norway) ,
NA - Grieg Seafood ASA (Norway) ,
NA - Marin Konsulent AS (Norway) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
NA - SalMar ASA (Norway) ,
Start year 2022 End year 2026 Funding (€) € 1,722,900 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/901743/ Summary Cardiac morphological deviations are a prevalent phenomenon in Atlantic salmon ( S. salar) aquaculture facilities. The consequences of deviating heart morphology are still largely unknown although both preliminary and published data indicate that it is not beneficial for fish welfare and health. Increased prevalence of cardiac remodeling also coincides with amplified occurrence of fatal cardiac diseases, such as cardiomyopathy syndrome, pancreas disease and heart and skeletal muscle inflammation. In short, the salmon farming industry is currently facing massive challenges with insufficient cardiac health. In turn, a healthy heart is most likely associated with improved growth, survival, welfare, and flesh quality. Naturally, all of these parameters are essential for maintaining a successful industry and to keep Norwegian salmon farming at the forefront of this thriving trade.
Thus, this project aims to gather information that yields salmon farmers better fit to establish rearing conditions that ensure robust heart morphology and function and therefore improved fish health and welfare.
Main objectives:
- To shed light on the short- and long-term consequences of abnormal heart development in farmed salmon.
- To elucidate short- and long-term consequences of deviating cardiac remodeling in farmed salmon.
Keywords
Animal welfare;
Salmon;
Fish;
Fish health;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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