Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8503461 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Hooking YTK on the edge of the study cage biases sampling towards the smallest and most heavily infested fish in the population, resulting in poor repeatability (more variability amongst sampled fish) and an overestimation of parasite burden in the population. In this particular commercial situation these finding supported that health management program, where the finding of an underestimation of parasite burden could provide a production impact on the study population. In instances where fish populations and parasite burdens are more homogenous, sampling error may be less severe. Sampling error when capturing fish from sea cage is difficult to predict. The amplitude and direction of this error should be investigated for a given cultured fish species across a range of parasite burden and fish profile scenarios.
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Authors
J.R. Fensham, E. Bubner, T. D'Antignana, M. Landos, C.G.B. Caraguel,