Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Immunosuppression of Aquaglyceroporins in Salmon Lice 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 Roderick Nigel Finn Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 1,044,600 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/254872?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=90&Organisasjon.5=Institutt+for+biovitenskap&source=FORISS&projectId=261825 Summary Epizootics caused by ectoparasitic sea lice are a severe threat to wild and domestic salmonids and the extended food networks and human activities that depend upon them. The increasing instances of multiple levels of drug resistance in Norway means that alternative therapeutic approaches to dealing with this pest are needed. The most effective, sustainable, safe and environmentally friendly method of preventing infectious diseases is vaccination. Due to the ectoparasitic lifestyle of sea lice, however, antigenic targets are challenging to identify. Amongst other ectoparasitic arthropods which feed on the blood of their hosts, including malaria mosquitoes and cattle ticks, immunogenic targeting of proteins involved in osmoregulation and nutrient mobilisation is proving highly successful. Since osmoregulation represents a major vulnerability of sea lice compared to their hosts, where cell volume regulation breaks down in fresh or brackish waters, this project aims to lay the groundwork for developing a vaccine in Atlantic salmon against sea lice osmoregulatory proteins as a part of a future integrated louse management strategy.
Keywords
Vaccines development;
Salmon;
Engineering;
Fish;
Disease;
Parasite;
Genomic sequencing;
Fish health;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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