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DAO 63:175-184 (2005)
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Abstract
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Questionnaire-based risk assessment for amoebic gill disease (AGD) and evaluation of freshwater bathing efficacy of reared Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
G. M. Douglas-Helders1,*, S. Saksida2, B. F. Nowak1
1School of Aquaculture of the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Aquafin Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1-370, Launceston 7250, Tasmania, Australia
2Sea to Sky Veterinary Service,
Steelhead Rd, Cambell River, British Columbia V9W 4P4, Canada
*Email: ghelders@utas.edu.au
ABSTRACT: Factors causing amoebic gill disease (AGD), the main disease affecting the salmonid industry in Tasmania, are largely unknown. Managers of 57 sites, from 4 countries, in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere were questioned regarding the
2000 smolt year-class Atlantic salmon. Questions included site characteristics, fish population characteristics, husbandry and management programs, through to freshwater bathing characteristics. Possible risk factors for AGD outbreaks that were identified
in this study using farm managers’ opinions were mixed sex stocks (Tasmania), downstream positioning from other salmonid farming sites (pooled), tidal sites (Tasmania), depth of site (pooled), rate of salinity change in halocline and depth of
halocline (pooled, Tasmania), phytoplankton blooms (pooled, Tasmania), antifouling paints (Tasmania, overseas) and automated feeding (pooled, overseas). The information from farm managers suggested that freshwater bathing is less effective with smaller
bathing cages and lower levels of saturated oxygen in the bathing water. Risk factors could not always be determined due to the complex interactions between the biological and chemical environment, host and pathogenic factors, coupled with low sample
numbers.
KEY WORDS: AGD · Risk factors · Questionnaire survey · Freshwater bathing · Treatment
Full text in pdf format
Published in DAO Vol.
63, No. 2-3
(2005) on February 28
Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2005
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