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Chitin Synthases Are Critical for Reproduction, Molting, and Digestion in the Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

Life, 2021
Chitin synthase (CHS) is a large transmembrane enzyme that polymerizes Uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine into chitin. The genomes of insects often encode two chitin synthases, CHS1 and CHS2.
Hulda María Harðardóttir, Rune Male, Frank Nilsen, Sussie Dalvin   +3 more
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A novel approach to co-expression network analysis identifies modules and genes relevant for moulting and development in the Atlantic salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is an obligate ectoparasitic copepod living on Atlantic salmon and other salmonids in the marine environment.
Zhaoran Zhou, Christiane Eichner, Frank Nilsen, Inge Jonassen, Michael Dondrup   +4 more
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Two apolipoproteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis), apolipoprotein 1 knock down reduces reproductive capacity

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2021
The salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis is an ectoparasite of salmonid fish in the Northern Hemisphere, causing large economical losses in the aquaculture industry and represent a threat to wild populations of salmonids.
Muhammad Tanveer Khan, Sussie Dalvin, Frank Nilsen, Rune Male   +3 more
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Roles of three putative salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) prostaglandin E2 synthases in physiology and host–parasite interactions

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is a parasite of salmonid fish. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exhibit only a limited and ineffective immune response when infested with this parasite.
Sussie Dalvin, Christiane Eichner, Michael Dondrup, Aina-Cathrine Øvergård   +3 more
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Identification and characterization of two salmon louse heme peroxidases and their potential as vaccine antigens

iScience, 2023
Summary: Salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, represents major challenge for salmon farming. Current treatments impose welfare issues and are costly, whereas prophylactic measures are unavailable.
Elisabeth Gislefoss, Amr Ahmed Abdelrahim Gamil, Aina-Cathrine Øvergård, Øystein Evensen   +3 more
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Host gill attachment causes blood-feeding by the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) chalimus larvae and alters parasite development and transcriptome

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Blood-feeding is a common strategy among parasitizing arthropods, including the ectoparasitic salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis), feeding off its salmon host’s skin and blood. Blood is rich in nutrients, among these iron and heme.
Erna Irene Heggland, Michael Dondrup, Frank Nilsen, Christiane Eichner   +3 more
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The potential for cleaner fish‐driven evolution in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis: Genetic or environmental control of pigmentation?

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The parasitic salmon louse represents one of the biggest challenges to environmentally sustainable salmonid aquaculture across the globe. This species also displays a high evolutionary potential, as demonstrated by its rapid development of resistance to ...
Lars Are Hamre, Tina Oldham, Frode Oppedal, Frank Nilsen, Kevin Alan Glover   +4 more
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Candidate genes for monitoring hydrogen peroxide resistance in the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is one of the delousing agents used to control sea lice infestations in salmonid aquaculture. However, some Lepeophtheirus salmonis populations have developed resistance towards H2O2.
Celia Agusti-Ridaura, Marit Jørgensen Bakke, Kari Olli Helgesen, Arvind Y. M. Sundaram, Sigrid Jørgensen Bakke, Kiranpreet Kaur, Tor Einar Horsberg   +6 more
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Planktonic and Parasitic Sea Lice Abundance on Three Commercial Salmon Farms in Norway Throughout a Production Cycle

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The present article reports the densities of planktonic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus) in three Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) localities, and the relationship between the abundance of adult sea lice on the salmon and the ...
Lone S. Jevne, Maria Guttu, Anna S. Båtnes, Yngvar Olsen, Kjell I. Reitan   +4 more
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Small, charged proteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) secretions modulate Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) immune responses and coagulation

Scientific Reports, 2022
Little is known about glandular proteins secreted from the skin- and blood-feeding ectoparasite salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). The labial gland has ducts extending into the oral cavity of the lice, and the present study aimed to identify novel ...
Aina-Cathrine Øvergård, Helena M. D. Midtbø, Lars A. Hamre, Michael Dondrup, Gro E. K. Bjerga, Øivind Larsen, Jiwan Kumar Chettri, Kurt Buchmann, Frank Nilsen, Sindre Grotmol   +9 more
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