Norwegian salmon aquaculture production has grown rapidly since the 1970s. Accompanying the growing production have been a number of disease challenges of which at least two of the outbreaks threatened the industry's existence. The challenges caused by disease may appear to become more serious as the number of diseases being diagnosed and measures taken by the companies and regulators to manage disease increase. We will review...

With the rapid growth of the aquaculture production since the 1980s, there has been a concomitant increase in disease outbreaks. The injudicious and/or incorrect use of antimicrobial agents against diseases of farmed aquatic species poses a considerable threat to the development and growth of a successful and sustainable aquaculture industry. An increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important consequence, resulting...