Technical Articles - English

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4 Mar 2008 Antall doser til laks, ørret og marine arter pr måned pr år.
Vaccines for SalmonsNorwegian vaccine sales from 1993-2008 per monthDevelopment doses (x1000) per year the Norwegian market from 1993 to 2008  Vaccines for TroutNorwegian vaccine sales from 1995-2008 ...
15 Jan 2008 Fish Welfare
Fish have the same stress response and powers of nociception as mammals. Their behavioural responses to a variety of situations suggest a considerable ability for higher level neural processing - a level ...
1 Dec 2007 The innate immune response of finfish – A review of current knowledge
The decline in the fisheries of traditional marine species has been an incentive for the diversification of today's aquaculture sector into the intensive rearing of many finfish species. The increasing ...
25 Nov 2007 Step by step guide to a marine water parasite prevention plan (PPP)
  This article has been prepared as a practical guide-line to help small to medium size marine cage farmers within the Asia-Pacific region cope with common external parasites. Read it as a guide-line ...
10 Oct 2007 Bacterial diseases of finfish in the South East Asian region
Fish mortality associated with infectious disease in South East Asia remains high. Often mortality over a typical production cycle ranges between 20-80%. Due to a general lack of diagnostic capacity, ...
1 Sep 2007 Alphavirus infections in salmonids – a review
The first alphavirus to be isolated from fish was recorded in 1995 with the isolation of salmon pancreas disease virus from Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Ireland. Subsequently, the closely related ...
1 Sep 2007 Biophysical properties of salmonid alphaviruses: influence of temperature and pH on virus survival
A series of laboratory studies were undertaken to investigate the survival of salmonid alphaviruses (SAV) under a range of conditions relevant to waste disposal, persistence and spread in the field, and ...
1 Sep 2007 Pancreas disease in farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in Norway
The present paper describes, for the first time, clinical signs and pathological findings of pancreas disease (PD) in farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), ...
15 Aug 2007 Prescription of antimicrobial drugs in Norwegian aquaculture with an emphasis on “new” fish species
The usage of antimicrobial (AM) drugs in farmed fish in Norwegian aquaculture for the period 2000–2005 was investigated by using prescription data. These data were validated against national sales data ...
15 Aug 2007 Vaccination experiments in the gadoid haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus L., against the bacterial pathogen Vibrio anguillarum
Vibrio anguillarum is one of the primary pathogens responsible for high levels of fish mortality in the aquaculture industry, and among gadoids O2a and b are the most common pathogenic serotypes. In this ...
5 Jun 2007 Caligiasis In The Chilean Salmon Farming Industry
Maria-Jose Birrer (Intervet Chile Ltd.)  Caligiasis is a parasitic disease which affects marine fish in Chile. The parasite is endemic and is located in the skin where it feeds from the mucus of the affected ...
3 Jun 2007 Duration Of Immunity Of Norvax® Strep Si Under Normal Farming Conditions
Dr.Cedric Komar & Dr Lauke Labrie ( Intervet Norbio Singapore)Norvax® Strep Si is a water-based inactivated vaccine against Streptococcus iniae infections in fish.  Laboratory studies show that a ...
1 Jun 2007 Parasitic Diseases Of Tilapia
Dr. Cedric Komar and Neil Wendover (Intervet Norbio Singapore)In the last three issues of the Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter, we presented a series of articles on tilapia diseases: first a ...
1 Feb 2007 Selvstikk under laksevaksinering
Informasjon til vaksinatører og leger ved selvinjeksjon.
13 Nov 2006 Vaccine Development for Asian Aquaculture
In conjunction with good health management, vaccination is a powerful tool for disease control in modern day fish farming. Vaccination of fish has become a standard operating procedure in most countries ...
13 Nov 2006 Health management practices for cage aquaculture in Asia - a key component
The intensification of aquaculture and globalization of the seafood trade have led to remarkable developments in the aquaculture industry. Nevertheless, the industry, particularly Asian aquaculture (> ...
3 Nov 2006 Vaksinasjonsstrategi for reduserte bivirkninger
Current vaccination strategies are primarily based on vaccine properties associated with the development and duratin of immunity.  Little research has been done to formulate a comprehensive vaccination ...
6 Apr 2006 Time of vaccination influences development of adhesions, growth and spinal deformities in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
In August 1998, 3000 Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. parr were divided into 7 groups with 2 replicates. Every 6 wk until March of the following year 1 group was vaccinated. One group was held as an unvaccinated ...
1 Jan 2006 Important parasitic diseases in cultured marine fish in the Asia-Pacific region
Parasitic infections and associated diseases are becoming more frequent with the intensification of mariculture systems in many parts of the Asia Pacific region. In this two- part article, the authors provide ...
16 Oct 2005 Disease and health management in Asian aquaculture
Asia contributes more than 90% to the world’s aquaculture production. Like other farming systems, aquaculture is plagued with disease problems resulting from its intensification and commercialization. ...
30 Sep 2005 New fish vaccines for the asian market
Intervet takes up the challenge of aquatic animal disease control, with new fish vaccines for the Asian market. Fish farming presents a well-known dichotomy. Although profits are more lucrative than ...
1 Feb 2005 Vaccines for fish in aquaculture
Vaccination plays an important role in large-scale commercial fish farming and has been a key reason for the success of salmon cultivation. In addition to salmon and trout, commercial vaccines are available ...
1 Nov 2004 Understanding Fish Vaccination
Although fish farming has great development potential in Asia, fish diseases still remain a major constraint to its successful expansion. The culture environment, be it in tanks, cages or ponds, seawater ...
12 Jun 2003 Cross Injection of salmon and trout with Pancrease Disease Virus (PDV) and Sleeping Disease Virus (SDV)
Pancrease diseasevirus (PDF) isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and sleeping disease virus (SDV) isolated from rainbow trouw (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are both characterised as Alpha viruses.  ...
5 Jul 2002 Pankreassjukdom På Vestlandet - Rapport fra en arbeidsgruppe nedsatt Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane.
Fylkesveterinæren for Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane oppnevnte i år 2000 en arbeidsgruppe for å utrede kartleggings- og kontrolltiltak for pankreassjukdom (pancreas disease – PD) på Vestlandet. Arbeidsgruppen ...
10 May 2002 Segment 8 encodes a structural protein of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV); the co-linear transcript from segment 7 probably encodes a non-structural or minor structural protein
In this study we present the cloning, expression and partial identification of Genomic Segment 7 of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV).  The nucleotide sequence corresponding to Segment 7 was isolated ...
1 Jan 2001 A Vaccination Strategy for reduction of side effects
Current vaccination strategies are primarily based on vaccine properties associated with the development and duratin of immunity.  Little research has been done to formulate a comprehensive vaccination ...
2 Nov 2000 New Generation of Fish Vaccines Based on Modern Biotechnology
Since 1986, Intervet Norbio has worked on the development of efficacious and safe vaccines against Infectious Pancreativ Necrosis (IPN).  By closely co-operating with research groups within the University ...