Norwegian Researcher Sheds Light on Winter Ulcer
NORWAY - Hege Smith Tunsjø has studied winter ulcer in salmon and rainbow trout, a costly disease to the Norwegian salmon and trout industries.

Conservationists Concerned over Cod Farming
NORWAY - Conservationists are concerned at the growth of European cod farming following new figures released last week.

New Methods Monitor Health-related Loss in Salmon
NORWAY - Arnfinn Aunsmo showed in his doctorate that health-related loss in modern salmon farming may be systematically monitored and quantified, both in biological...

Cod Larvae Strive on Partially Digested Proteins
NORWAY - Farmed cod and halibut larvae require live feed the first days after hatching before they can eat dry feed. This is a vulnerable period for the larvae....

The Enzyme that Keeps Salmon Fresh
NORWAY - A bacteria-killing enzyme is helping salmon to keep itself fresh. A new Doctoral dissertation shows how this is possible, reports Nofima.

Three Year Study on Toxaphene in Fish Feed
NORWAY - Toxaphene is a pesticide that may be present in fish meal and fish oil. Along with several other research institutions, the National Institute of Nutrition...

Norway and India Team Up on Disease Resistant Fish
NORWAY - New genetic technologies are being developed by Norwegian and Indian scientists to give tiger shrimp and rohu carp improved resistance against disease.

The Changing Face of ISA
NORWAY - Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is one of the most economically-damaging diseases in Norwegian fish farming industry.

New Disease Poses Big Threat to Norwegian Farms
NORWAY - Ruth Torill Kongtorp established during her doctorate that a new disease called heart- and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is a serious infectious disease...

Pollution Disturbs Norwegian Cod Hormone Balance
NORWAY - New research shows that environmental pollutants in Store Lungegårdsvann in Bergen affect gene expression involved in detoxification mechanisms and hormone...

Study Sees Problems for Farmed Salmon Vaccines
NORWAY - A Norwegian study recently looked at the effects of vaccine-induced autoimmunity in farmed salmon and found that inherent problems may significantly effect...

New Disease Identified in Cod
NORWAY - Farmed cod have recently been hit by a serious disease caused by an unknown bacterium. In his doctorate, Jarle Mikalsen contributed to the identification...

Feeding the Stem Cells to Influence Fish Growth
NORWAY - Research on the development of stem cells is producing valuable new knowledge. “We now know that we can influence the development and health of fish based...

NIFES: Feed Gives Salmon Special K
NORWAY - Factors such as nutrition, water temperature and rapid growth play a key role in bone development of Atlantic salmon.

Fry Production: Getting the Salt Content Right
NORWAY - Fresh research shows it is best to be careful with the use of salt in fry production, whilst earlier studies indicate that more than half of all fry...

Norway Boosts Disease Resistant Shrimp and Carp
NORWAY - New genetic technologies are being developed by Norwegian and Indian scientists to give tiger shrimp and rohu carp improved resistance against disease.

Arsenic in Blue Mussels of the Norwegian Fjords
NORWAY - The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) has measured the level of inorganic arsenic in farmed blue mussels from Norwegian fjords....

Intervet Participates in the 7th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates
OSLO - Karen Elina Christie (Intervet Norbio, Bergen) recently gave a talk at the 7th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates in Oslo (Norway) in...

Intervet at Aqua Nor 2005
NORWAY - The worlds largest exhibition for fish farmers, AQUA NOR, took place during August 9-11 in Trondheim, Norway. As always, Intervet Norbio AS had a very...