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Global Warming Affects the Pathogenesis of Important Fish Diseases in European Aquaculture
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Francesc Padrós ,
Maria Constenla ,
Ana Jerončić,
Dimitra Kogiannou ,
Sofia Consuegra del Olmo ,
Mikolaj Adamek ,
Ivona Mladineo
Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Start page: e70112
Swansea University Author:
Sofia Consuegra del Olmo
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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/raq.70112
Abstract
Global warming remains a neglected environmental challenge for the sustainability of primary production, particularly aquaculture, which is highly susceptible to the spread of established pathogens and the induction of emerging infectious diseases under warming conditions. Over the past decade, Euro...
| Published in: | Reviews in Aquaculture |
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| ISSN: | 1753-5123 1753-5131 |
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Wiley
2026
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71112 |
| Abstract: |
Global warming remains a neglected environmental challenge for the sustainability of primary production, particularly aquaculture, which is highly susceptible to the spread of established pathogens and the induction of emerging infectious diseases under warming conditions. Over the past decade, Europe has experienced dramatically high temperatures that may impact both farmed fish and their pathogens in a largely unpredictable manner. While, in general, warming may boost the rate of disease transmission and its virulence by increasing pathogens' fitness in weakened hosts, some diseases characteristic of cooler environments may become rare. Field data is still largely fragmented, but in vitro experiments reveal that almost 28 microbial diseases in European finfish farming could be facilitated by climate warming. Innovative mitigation tools, such as fish selective breeding, epigenetic programming, the development of new vaccines, and alternative treatments, may prove essential in coping with the effects of rising water temperatures on fish diseases in Europe. |
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Review |
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climate change, effects, European aquaculture, fish diseases, global warming |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This work was supported by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program (101084204), ATRAE funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (ATR2023–144170), and Royal Society Industry Fellowship (IF\R1\231030). The publication of this article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link. |
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e70112 |