Piscirickettsia salmonis, a facultative intracellular bacteria, is known as the causative agent of Piscirickettsiosis, a disease leading to significant economic losses in salmon farming, amounting to nearly 700 million dollars. This situation requires the use of substantial quantities of antibiotics at various stages of the production cycle. Recognizing the significance of Piscirickettsiosis in salmon farming industry, a team of researchers from the “Animal Health in Marine Environment” and “Animal Health in Early Life Stages of Salmonids and Native Resources” lines at INCAR, including Adolfo Isla, Dr. Rubén Avendaño-Herrera, Dr. Jaime Figueroa, and Dr. Alejandro Yáñez, has prepared a new Policy Brief titled “Innovations in Piscirickettsiosis genotyping for an integrated approach to its management in salmon farming”.
Through this Policy Briefs, INCAR aims to inform society and promote changes and innovation in public policies, based on the best science, to address strategic issues in the sector under the framework of the ecosystem approach to aquaculture
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