Global Aquaculture Advocate reports on salmon disease research conducted at UMaine
Global Aquaculture Advocate reported that since Daniel Makrinos, a researcher at the University of Maine, began studying the salmonid disease salmonid rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) in February, he has been “entrenched” in researching the destructive bacterium that causes it. Makrinos has been studying published research and growing samples in his lab to greater understand, and hopefully control, the bane of Chile’s farmed salmon industry, the article states. Costing the industry a reported $100 million or more annually in economic losses, the Piscirickettsia salmonis, or P. sal, bacterium is difficult to detect and can spread quickly, causing massive mortalities if not treated quickly, Makrinos told the Advocate. He will present his P. sal findings during the second annual International Conference of Fish & Shellfish Immunology, June 26–30 in Portland. The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute is hosting this year’s conference on behalf of the International Society of Fish & Shellfish Immunology.