posted on 2020-01-14, 03:08authored byLuke BarrettLuke Barrett, Samantha Bui, Frode Oppedal, Tora Bardal, Rolf Erik Olsen, TIM DEMPSTER
Data relating to a study of ultraviolet-C irradation as a method to suppress reproduction of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) attached to host salmon (Salmo salar). Production of infective copepodid larvae was reduced, but adverse welfare effect on host salmon were observed.
Full details in research article:
Barrett LT, Bui S, Oppedal F, Bardal T, Olsen RE, Dempster T (2020) Ultraviolet-C light suppresses reproduction of sea lice but has adverse effects on host salmon. Aquaculture. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.734954
Funding
Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF): project number 901460