Aquatic Animal HealthOur Science
As a scientific body within Defra, Cefas is focussed on undertaking world-leading research to further our understanding of both freshwater and marine environments, as well as their inhabitants. Within the International Centre of Excellence for Aquatic Animal Health, we undertake a wide variety of research projects to look at diseases and environmental conditions that impact on the health and wellbeing of fish, molluscs, and crustaceans, the results of which can be read about below in our case studies and recent peer-reviewed publications.
Recent Publications
- The aquaculture disease network model (AquaNet-Mod): A simulation model to evaluate disease spread and controls for the salmonid industry in England and Wales
- First detection of Cyclopterus Lumpus Virus in England, following a mortality event in farmed cleaner fish
- Methodological advances in the detection of biotoxins and pathogens affecting production and consumption of bivalve molluscs in a changing environment
- Modelling of marine debris pathways into UK waters: Example of non-native crustaceans transported across the Atlantic Ocean on floating marine debris
- First Detection of Francisella halioticida Infecting a Wild Population of Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the United Kingdom
- Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab (Cancer pagurus) from the English Channel, UK
- Threats to UK freshwaters under climate change: Commonly traded aquatic ornamental species and their potential pathogens and parasites
- Discovery of the parasite Marteilia cocosarum sp. nov. in common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) fisheries in Wales, UK and its comparison with Marteilia cochillia
