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Preliminary success using hydrogen peroxide to treat Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. affected with experimentally induced amoebic gill disease (AGD)
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posted on 2023-05-17, 12:28 authored by Mark AdamsMark Adams, Crosbie, PBB, Barbara NowakBarbara NowakCurrently the only effective and commercially used treatment for amoebic gill disease (AGD) in farmed Tasmanian Atlantic salmon is freshwater bathing. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), commonly used throughout the aquaculture industry for a range of topical skin and gill infections, was trialled in vitro and in vivo to ascertain its potential as an alternative treatment against AGD. Under in vitro conditions, trophozoites of Neoparamoeba perurans were exposed to three concentrations of H2O2 in seawater (500, 1000 & 1500 mg.l-1) over four durations (10, 20, 30 & 60 min) each at two temperatures (12 & 18°C). Trophozoite viability was assessed immediately post exposure and after 24 hours. A concentration/duration combination of 1000 mg.l-1 for > 10 min demonstrated potent amoebicidal activity. Subsequently, Atlantic salmon mildly affected with experimentally induced AGD were treated with H2O2 at 12 and 18°C for 15 minutes at 1250 mg.l-1 and their re-infection rate compared to freshwater treated fish over 21 days. Significant differences in the percentage of filaments affected with hyperplastic lesions (in association with amoebae) and plasma osmolality were noted between treatment groups immediately post-bath. However, the results were largely equivocal in terms of disease resolution over a three week period following treatment. These data suggest that H2O2 treatment in seawater successfully ameliorated a clinically light case of AGD under laboratory conditions.
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Publication title
Journal of Fish DiseasesVolume
35Issue
11Pagination
839 -848ISSN
0140-7775Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Blackwell Publishing LtdPlace of publication
9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 2DgRights statement
Copyright 2012 Blackwell Publishing LtdRepository Status
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