Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Tracing viral disease dissemination in aquaculture: an interdisciplinary approach between molecular virology and dispersal modelling - Part II 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 Peder Andreas Jansen Coordinator email peder.jansen@vetinst.no
Coordinator institution
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2010 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 311,100 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/199734?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=120&Departement=Fiskeri-+og+kystdepartementet Summary Viral diseases are a large problem in Norwegian salmon farming imposing economic as well as welfare-related challenges to the industry. In order to control the spread of viral diseases, knowledge on the transmission pathways of the disease agents and key factors affecting the interaction between the disease agent and the host, are vital. Molecular virological methods have proven useful for sensitive detection as well as genomic characterisation in studies on molecular epidemiology of important viral disea ses, making use of phylogenitic analyses and identification of mutations important for virulence. Concomitantly, stochastic modelling of infectious diseases, and the spread of disease in aquaculture systems, is a developing field. The contribution from su ch models is that they may predict the space-time dynamics of disease dispersal. When disease dispersal is reasonably predicted, models can also be valuable as tools to simulate scenarios of importance to disease control or disease surveillance. However, model precision is critically dependent on knowledge of the biological and environmental factors that govern the development of host-pathogen interactions, and thus disease development. The present project proposal suggests an interdisciplinary approach o f molecular virology and stochastic disease modelling to disentangle major transmission pathways of infectious salmon anaemia virus, and molecular characteristics of virus traits that may affect the probability of disease outbreaks.
Keywords
Cage aquaculture;
Fish;
Disease;
Fish health;
Open sea aquaculture;
Salmon;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
0
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