Bacteriophage based technology to control Flavobacteria pat-hogens in aquaculture - FLAVOPHAGE (FLAVOPHAGE)
Main funder
Funder's project number: 311962
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 302 326,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/04/2017
Project end date: 31/10/2020
Summary
The objective of FLAVOPHAGE is to improve the sustainability of aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region by developing environmentally balanced strategies to control the important Flavobacteria pathogens without harming the surrounding microbiota, hence reducing the environmental impact of antibiotic use, and increase productivity and food safety.
By applying a novel approach using phages for pathogen control, we aim at providing robust and sus-tainable alternatives to traditional chemical treatments of fish diseases which aims at
1) Reducing fish mortality and increasing production efficiency
2) Minimizing need for antibiotic use and dispersal in the environment
3) Decreasing feed conversion ratio, hence reducing eutrophication
4) Increasing fish welfare and food and water safety
Specifically, the project will provide an array of new tools to control and prevent infectious diseases in salmonid hatcheries, primarily rainbow trout, and caged farms by targeting key bacterial pathogens in these systems: Flavobacterium psychrophilum, and Flavobacterium columnare.
By applying a novel approach using phages for pathogen control, we aim at providing robust and sus-tainable alternatives to traditional chemical treatments of fish diseases which aims at
1) Reducing fish mortality and increasing production efficiency
2) Minimizing need for antibiotic use and dispersal in the environment
3) Decreasing feed conversion ratio, hence reducing eutrophication
4) Increasing fish welfare and food and water safety
Specifically, the project will provide an array of new tools to control and prevent infectious diseases in salmonid hatcheries, primarily rainbow trout, and caged farms by targeting key bacterial pathogens in these systems: Flavobacterium psychrophilum, and Flavobacterium columnare.
Principal Investigator
Primary responsible unit
Internal follow-up group
Related publications and other outputs
- Bacteriophage Resistance Affects Flavobacterium columnare Virulence Partly via Mutations in Genes Related to Gliding Motility and Type IX Secretion System (2021) Kunttu, Heidi M. T.; et al.; A1; OA
- Comparison of Delivery Methods in Phage Therapy against Flavobacterium columnare Infections in Rainbow Trout (2021) Kunttu, Heidi M. T.; et al.; A1; OA
- Interactions between Rainbow Trout Eyed Eggs and Flavobacterium spp. Using a Bath Challenge Model : Preliminary Evaluation of Bacteriophages as Pathogen Control Agents (2021) Donati, Valentina L.; et al.; A1; OA
