Acronym PrevenT
Category
Aquaculture
Title Salmon louse - prevention and treatment Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Ole Torrisen Coordinator email ole.torrissen@imr.no
Coordinator institution
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NINA - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Norway) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
UPEI - University of Prince Edward Island (Canada) ,
UVIC - University of Victoria (Canada) ,
Start year 2010 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 4,233,388 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/900416/ Summary PrevenT project was designed to improve salmon lice monitoring and to contribute to the development of new treatment methods. To improve monitoring of salmon lice, a model was developed that would predict lice load along the entire coast based on information about lice density and the number of fish in the sea as well as knowledge about the effects of temperature and reproduction. As the model continuously reports infection pressure and which stages of lice are expected in real time, it has been used to simulate the effect of different management practices with regard to lice infestation on both wild and farmed fish.
Goals:
To establish:
• epidemiological models for salmon lice in Norwegian waters
• knowledge on the population structure of salmon lice in order to validate the epidemiological models and to understand the development of resistance.
• field resistance bioassays
• basic knowledge on the mechanisms of resistance development
• detailed understanding of the intestinal biology as a foundation for development of vaccines and new pharmaceutical treatments.
Keywords
Salmon;
Parasite;
Cage aquaculture;
Open sea aquaculture;
Fish;
Monitoring;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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