Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Skeletal malformations in farmed salmon and cod: a functional approach to determine causalities and mechanisms 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 Grete Bæverfjord Coordinator email grete.baverfjord@nofima.no
Coordinator institution
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2006 End year 2010 Funding (€) € 1,558,345 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/172483?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Prosjektleder=Anne-Merethe+Hanssen Summary Skeletal deformities cause severe losses both in salmon and cod production. This research platform aims to gain further insight into the normal growth and development of the vertebral column of salmon, and how current culture techniques may disrupt normal growth inducing bone related pathological processes. In this project, skeletal deformities of various causal relations (temperature, dietary mineral supply, water quality) will be induced in salmon, and development of vertebral lesions will be studied. Particular attention will be paid to platyspondylia, so far seen only in salmon towards harvest size. In cod, the understanding of causality for skeletal deformities is far less advanced. Two factors of suspected importance will be studied experimentally, dietary mineral supply in fast-growing juveniles, and hyperoxic rearing conditions. The project will seek to identify mechanisms of abnormal development compared to normal. The approach will be multi-leveled, involving a number of methods ranging from gross pathology and radiography to histology, immunohistochemistry, qPCR and knock-down of specific genes in vitro. Comparative aspects between salmon and cod will be utilized throughout. The results will have important implications for sustaining acceptable welfare for farmed salmon and cod, and will contribute towards providing the industry with know-how on how to prevent these conditions as well as more accurate diagnostic tools. A web-based information service will be established, to serve as a channel for progress in research in the field of deformities in farmed salmon and cod.
Keywords
Disease;
Salmon;
Fish;
Cod;
Fish health;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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