• Phenotypic and genetic characterization of Piscirickettsia salmonis from Chilean and Canadian salmonids 

      Otterlei, Alexander; Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen; Jensen, Daniel; Duesund, Henrik; Sommerset, Ingunn; Frost, Petter; Mendoza, Julio; McKenzie, Peter; Nylund, Are; Apablaza, Patricia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03-15)
      Background. The study presents the phenotypic and genetic characterization of selected P. salmonis isolates from Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout suffering from SRS (salmonid rickettsial septicemia) in Chile and in Canada. ...
    • Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR) analysis of Flavobacterium psychrophilum from salmonids in Chile and Norway 

      Apablaza, Patricia; Brevik, Øyvind Jakobsen; Mjøs, Svein Are; Valdebenito, Samuel; Ilardi, Pedro; Battaglia, Juan; Dalsgaard, Inger; Nylund, Are (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-14)
      Background Flavobacterium psychrophilum causes serious fish diseases such RTFS and BCWD, affecting the aquaculture industry worldwide. Commercial vaccines are not available and control of the disease depends on the use of ...