CCA-San-Diego

October 21, 2023

CCA-San-Diego # FUMigate: A Novel Salmon Antiparasitic # Parasites of freshwater salmonids exert significant economic damages to the aquaculture industry, being associated with an annual cost of some $1.05 billion to $9.58 billion (Shinn et al, 2015). Notwithstanding this economic impact, these parasites are unable to cause notable disease in humans, and are often overlooked in the broader effort to develop antiparasitic diagnostics and therapeutics. The salmon industry, being the fastest-growing means of food production worldwide, is particularly impacted by parasitic infection (Iversen et al, 2020). ...