Effects of Treatment with Levamisole and Glucans on Mortality Rates in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Suffering from Amoebic Gill Disease

Dina Zilberg; Vanessa L. Findlay; Peter Girling; Barry L. Munday

Effects of Treatment with Levamisole and Glucans on Mortality Rates in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Suffering from Amoebic Gill Disease

Dina Zilberg, Vanessa L. Findlay, Peter Girling, Barry L. Munday

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Abstract

When levamisole was added to freshwater baths, used to treat Atlantic salmon for amoebic gill disease (AGD), there was a significant decrease in subsequent mortality of the fish. This was particularly the case in fish experiencing their first exposure to AGD. There were no significant differences in responses to 1.25, 2.5 and 5.0 mg/L levamisole. It is proposed that this response is related to enhancement of the non-specific immune system. Oral supplementation with levamisole or glucans did not prevent subsequent moralities when Atlantic salmon, naïve to AGD were subsequently exposed to this disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-27
Number of pages	5
Journal	Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists
Volume	20
Issue number	1
State	Published - 1 Dec 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Small Animals
Aquatic Science

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