Abstract
Ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN), a chronic skin condition, affects primarily mature wild salmonids returning from the sea to freshwater for their spawning. The involvement of water moulds such as Saprolegnia parasitica as a secondary pathogen in this disease is clear but the identification of a primary cause or of primary pathogen(s) remains elusive. In this opinion article, we re-visit UDN regarding epidemiology, pathology and aetiology and speculate the potential involvement of UV radiation in the initiation of UDN in salmonid fish returning from the sea.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 70-75 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Fungal Biology Reviews |
| Volume | 40 |
| Early online date | 20 Apr 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was partially funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska–Curie grant agreement No 766048 (PROTECTA).
Funding
This work was partially funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska–Curie grant agreement No 766048 (PROTECTA). This work was partially funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska?Curie grant agreement No 766048 (PROTECTA).
Keywords
- Atlantic salmon
- Saprolegnia parasitica
- Skin damage
- Stress factor
- Ulcerative dermal necrosis
- Ultraviolet radiation