PUBLICATION
The external phenotype-skeleton link in post-hatch farmed Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
- Authors
- De Clercq, A., Perrott, M.R., Davie, P.S., Preece, M.A., Huysseune, A., Witten, P.E.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-171122-11
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Journal of fish diseases 41(3): 511-527 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Huysseune, Ann, Witten, P. Eckhard
- Keywords
- Atlantic salmon, early diagnosis, skeleton, temperature, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Fish Diseases/congenital
- Fish Diseases/pathology*
- Phenotype*
- Salmon/abnormalities*
- Spine/abnormalities*
- Temperature
- PubMed
- 29159824 Full text @ J. Fish Dis.
Citation
De Clercq, A., Perrott, M.R., Davie, P.S., Preece, M.A., Huysseune, A., Witten, P.E. (2017) The external phenotype-skeleton link in post-hatch farmed Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Journal of fish diseases. 41(3):511-527.
Abstract
Skeletal deformities in farmed fish are a recurrent problem. External malformations are easily recognized, but there is little information on how external malformations relate to malformations of the axial skeleton: the external phenotype-skeleton link. Here, this link is studied in post-hatch to first-feed life stages of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) raised at 4, 8 and 12°C. Specimens were whole-mount-stained for cartilage and bone, and analysed by histology. In all temperature groups, externally normal specimens can have internal malformations, predominantly fused vertebral centra. Conversely, externally malformed fish usually display internal malformations. Externally curled animals typically have malformed haemal and neural arches. External malformations affecting a single region (tail malformation and bent neck) relate to malformed notochords and early fusion of fused vertebral centra. The frequencies of internal malformations in both externally normal and malformed specimens show a U-shaped response, with lowest frequency in 8°C specimens. The fused vertebral centra that occur in externally normal specimens represent a malformation that can be contained and could be carried through into harvest size animals. This study highlights the relationship between external phenotype and axial skeleton and may help to set the framework for the early identification of skeletal malformations on fish farms.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping