Publications by authors named "Felipe Almendras"
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- Piscirickettsiosis, caused by the pathogen P. salmonis, significantly impacts the Chilean aquaculture industry, leading to major economic losses, and traditional genotyping methods are limited in cost and expertise requirements.
- This study introduces Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) as a faster, cheaper, and simpler alternative for diagnosing P. salmonis, developing specific assays for both species identification and differentiation between its genogroups LF-89 and EM-90.
- LAMP assays showed sensitivity and specificity on par with traditional methods while being more suitable for field use, indicating potential for improved disease management and surveillance in salmonid aquaculture.
Salmon rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) is the infectious disease that produces the highest losses in the Chilean salmon industry. As a new strategy for the control of SRS outbreaks, in this study we evaluated the effect of alginate-encapsulated antigens (AEPSA) incorporated in the feed as an oral vaccine to induce the immune response in Atlantic salmon (). Fish were distributed into three vaccination groups (injectable, oral high dose, oral low dose).
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