Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

R. Sweeting

Publications

• Research Article
  The Winter Infection of Sea Lice on Salmon in Farms in a Coastal Inlet in British Columbia and Possible Causes
  Author(s): R. Beamish *,E. Gordon ,J. Wade ,B. Pennell ,C. Neville ,K. Lange ,R. Sweeting ,S. Jones R. Beamish *,E. Gordon ,J. Wade ,B. Pennell ,C. Neville ,K. Lange ,R. Sweeting ,S. Jones
  
  An increase in infections with two species of sea lice occurred on farmed salmon farthest up an inlet in the Broughton Island area of British Columbia during the winter of 2005/2006. The increase in the chalimus stage started at the end of November 2005 at a rate of 0.03 lice/day for Lepeophtheirus salmonis and 0.015 lice/day for Caligus clemensi. The increase in the infection started at a time of high salinity and low sea surface temperatures with very few gravid sea lice detected on the farmed fish. The mobile stages increased in early January about one month after the increase in the chalimus stage. Gravid lice increased in abundance about the time the farmed fish were treated with SLICE® in early February. This pattern of an increase in infection in the winter was similar in two nearby farms. In January of 2008 the three farms in the study area were either tre.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9546.1000107

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