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Table 2 Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 haplotypes used in previous experiments ascertaining the susceptibility of different strains of Salmo salar L. (A = Atlantic strain; B = Baltic strain)

From: Reservoir hosts for Gyrodactylus salaris may play a more significant role in epidemics than previously thought

Reference

Origin ofS. salartested in previous studies (rivers)

Origin of theG. salarisstrain

G. salarishaplotype

Parasite population dynamics

Host response1

Bakke [53]

A: Alta, Lone, Drammenselva and Lierelva (Norway)

R. Drammenselva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

B: Neva (Russia)

R. Drammenselva

F

declining after 3 weeks

responding

Bakke and MacKenzie [31]

A: Conon and Shin (Scotland) and Lierelva (Norway)

R. Figga

A*

exponential growth

susceptible

Bakke et al. [30]

A: Alta and Lone (Norway)

R. Drammenselva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

B: Neva (Russia)

R. Drammenselva

F

declining after 3 weeks

innately resistant and responding

Bakke et al. [65]

A: Akerselva (Norway)

unknown

unknown

exponential growth

susceptible

Bakke et al. [32]

A: Alta (Norway)

R. Lierelva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

♀A × ♂ Salmo trutta hybrids: Alta (Norway) × Fossbekk (Norway)

R. Lierelva

F

declining after 3 weeks

innately resistant and susceptible

 

♂A × ♀ S. trutta hybrids: Alta (Norway) × Fossbekk (Norway)

R. Lierelva

F

elimination in 2 weeks

innately resistant

Bakke et al. [26]

A: Lierelva (Norway)

R. Rauma

A

exponential growth

susceptible

 

A: Lierelva and Batnfjordselva (Norway)

R. Batnfjordselva and Steinkjerselva

A and A*

exponential growth

susceptible

 

A: Namsen and Alta (Norway)

R. Lierelva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

A × B hybrids: Imsa (Norway) × Neva (Russia)

R. Lierelva

F

declining after 4 weeks

responding

 

B: Neva (Russia)

R. Lierelva

F

declining after 3 weeks

responding

Bakke et al. [66]

A: Lierelva (Norway)

R. Figga

A*

exponential growth

susceptible

 

B: Indalsälv (Sweden)

R. Figga

A*

slightly declining after 4 weeks

responding and susceptible

Cable et al. [42]

A: Alta and Lierelva (Norway)

R. Lierelva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

B: Neva (Russia)

R. Lierelva

F

declining after 3 weeks

innately resistant and responding

Dalgaard et al. [38]

A: Conon (Scotland)

R. Lærdalselva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

B: Lule (Sweden)

R. Lærdalselva

F

declining after 6 weeks

responding

Dalgaard et al. [39]

A: Conon (Scotland), Skjern (Denmark) and Bristol Cove (Canada)

R. Lærdalselva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

B: Mörrum (Sweden)

R. Lærdalselva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

Jansen et al. [67]

A: Imsa (Norway)

R. Lierelva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

 

♀A × ♂B hybrids: Imsa (Norway) × Neva (Russia)

R. Lierelva

F

exponential growth

susceptible

current study

A: Dee (Wales), Lærdalselva (Norway)

R. Fusta

A

exponential growth

susceptible

  1. Footnotes: 1Host response presented using the three categories defined by Bakke et al. [26], i.e. susceptible, responding or innately resistant.
  2. *Haplotypes tentatively proposed based on their geographic origin and their relative proximity to defined strains [4].