About the Authors
- Kyle A. Garver
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kyle A. Garver, Stewart C. Johnson
* E-mail: Kyle.Garver@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Stewart C. Johnson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kyle A. Garver, Stewart C. Johnson
Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Mark P. Polinski
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Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Julia C. Bradshaw
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Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Gary D. Marty
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Affiliation Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
- Heindrich N. Snyman
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Affiliation Animal Health Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
- Diane B. Morrison
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Affiliation Marine Harvest Canada, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
- Jon Richard
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Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Competing Interests
Partial funding for this study was provided by Marine Harvest Canada. This commercial affiliation does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KAG SCJ. Performed the experiments: KAG SCJ MPP JCB JR. Analyzed the data: KAG SCJ MPP JCB GDM HNS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DBM. Wrote the paper: KAG MPP SCJ GDM. Conducted histological examinations: GDM HNS.