Objective
European aquaculture production provides direct employment to 80,000 people and a 3-billion € annual turnover. Parasites cause severe disease outbreaks and high economic losses in finfish aquaculture. The overarching goal of ParaFishControl is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of European Aquaculture by improving understanding of fish-parasite interactions and by developing innovative solutions and tools for the prevention, control and mitigation of the major parasites affecting Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, common carp, European sea bass, gilthead sea bream and turbot. To achieve these objectives, ParaFishControl brings together a multidisciplinary consortium comprising 28 partners possessing world-leading, complementary, cross-cutting expertise and drawn from public and private research organisations, and the aquaculture industry. The consortium has access to excellent research facilities, diverse biological resources including host-parasite models, and state-of-the-art vaccinology, genomic, proteomic and transcriptomic technologies. The project will: 1) generate new scientific knowledge on key fish parasites, including genomics, life-cycle, invasion strategy and host-parasite interaction data, with special emphasis on host immunity, pathogen virulence and immunomodulation, providing a scientific basis for improved prophylaxis; 2) determine the transfer of parasites between farmed and wild host populations; 3) develop a wide range of novel prophylactic measures, including vaccines and functional feeds; 4) provide a range of advanced or alternative treatments for parasitic diseases; 5) develop cost-effective, specific and sensitive diagnostic tools for key parasitic diseases; 6) assess the risk factors involved in the emergence, transmission and pathogenesis of parasitic diseases; 7) map the zoonotic risks due to fish helminths and; 8) provide a catalogue of good husbandry practices to obtain safe and high-quality fish products.
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8000 Aarhus C
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370 05 Ceske Budejovice
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SW1P 4DF LONDON
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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19013 Attikia Anavissos
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21000 Split
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28006 Madrid
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1165 Kobenhavn
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2462 Martonvasar
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15782 Santiago De Compostela
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33100 Udine
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40126 Bologna
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5020 Bergen
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AB24 3FX Aberdeen
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FK9 4LA Stirling
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6708 PB Wageningen
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48395 Sukarrieta
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4016 Stavanger
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75013 PARIS
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15773 Zografou
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AB24 2TZ Aberdeen
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26504 Agios Vasileios Rio Achaias
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96018 Pachino Sr
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2333 CH Leiden
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44227 Dortmund
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28037 MADRID
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5008 Bergen
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1011 JV AMSTERDAM
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8 Dublin
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2333 BE Leiden
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