BIOSURVEILLANCE
Aquaculture Biosurveillance Services
Aquaculture Monitoring & Biosecurity
Biosurveillance is one of the most cost-effective yet underutilized tools in aquaculture. While diagnostics can help in a crisis, aquaculture biosurveillance helps to prevent them. By investing in routine monitoring and proactive fish disease surveillance, you safeguard the health of your farm, manage risk, and reduce costly losses.
Fish Health Monitoring Programs, Crafted for Your Farm
Every farm is different. That’s why Kennebec River Biosciences builds biosurveillance programs around your specific species, production system, and geographic risks. Our services include guidance for routine sampling, comprehensive pathogen screening, health certifications where needed, and trend monitoring to help you stay ahead of evolving threats.
TESTIMONIALS
KRB assists your internal veterinary and fish health team with specialized assays, advanced laboratory capacity, and international regulatory expertise. Rather than replacing your in-house resources, we work in partnership — filling gaps, expanding capabilities, and ensuring your aquaculture biosecurity plan is both comprehensive and resilient.
Ongoing aquaculture biosurveillance prepares you for regulatory inspections and informs the design of autogenous vaccines, ensuring they target the pathogens most relevant to your farm. Together, these services create a closed loop of protection: identifying threats, proving compliance, and preventing disease through tailored solutions.
In addition to highlighting vulnerabilities early, our team can validate your aquaculture biosecurity practices to prevent pathogens from spreading across tanks, raceways or ponds, and beyond. While KRB does not conduct water testing or environmental monitoring, we recognize these are essential parts of the full health picture. We encourage our partners to combine strong environmental practices with KRB’s ongoing pathogen detection to gain a complete view of their risk landscape.
Here are a few of the more common issues we monitor. These are only examples—KRB’s advanced aquatic animal lab can help you manage risk against the full range of bacterial, viral, and parasitic threats affecting aquatic species, including emerging issues.
- Abalone Herpesvirus (AbHV)
- Acanthocephala
- Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND)
- Adenovirus
- Aeromonas hydrophila
- Aeromonas jandaei
- Aeromonas salmonicida achromogenes
- Aeromonas salmonicida masoucida
- Aeromonas salmonicida salmonicida
- Aeromonas salmonicida smithia
- Aeromonas salmonicida subsp.
- Aeromonas spp.
- Aeromonas veronii
- Anguillicola crassus
- Anguillicola papernai
- Aphanomyces astasci (crayfish plague)
- Aphanomyces invadans (EUS)
- Apicomplexan M. islandica sp. nov.
- Aquabirnavirus
- Aquareovirus (ARV)
- Asian Tapeworm
- B. acheilognathi (tapeworm)
- Bacillus cereus
- Bay Scallop Microsporidia (BSM)
- Betanodavirus (NNV)
- Bluegill Picornavirus (BGPV)
- Bonamia exitiosa
- Bonamia ostreae
- Bonamia spp.
- Carp Edema Virus
- Carp Pox Virus 1 (CyHV-1)
- Carp Pox Virus 2 (CyHV-2)
- Ceratomyxa shasta
- Ceratomyxosis
- Channel Catfish Virus (CCV)
- Ciliates
- Cutthroat Trout Virus (CTV)
- Decapod Iridescent Virus 1 (DIV1)
- Edwardsiella anguillarum
- Edwardsiella ictaluri
- Edwardsiella piscicida
- Edwardsiella spp.
- Edwardsiella tarda
- Epizootic Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (EHNV)
- Epizootic ulcerative syndrome
- Ergasilus
- Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
- European Eel Virus (EEV)
- Fathead Minnow Nidovirus (FHMNV)
- Flavobacterium columnare
- Flavobacterium psychrophilum
- Francisella noatunensis noatunensis
- Francisella noatunensis orientalis
- Francisella spp.
- Gill Lice
- Golden Shiner Virus / Grass Carp Reovirus (GSV/GCRV)
- Grey meat disease
- Gyrodactylus salaris
- Haemocytic Neoplasia
- Halibut Aquareovirus (AHRV)
- Haplosporidium costale (SSO)
- Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX)
- Hepatobacter penaei (NHP)
- Herpesvirus spp.
- Heterosporis spp.
- Ichthyophonus hoferi
- Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV)
- Infectious Hypodermal and Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV)
- Infectious Myonecrosis Virus (IMNV)
- Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
- Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV)
- Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus (ISKNV)
- Iridovirus spp.
- Juvenile Oyster Disease / JOD
- Koi Herpes Virus (KHV)
- Kudoa thyrsites
- Lactococcus formosensis
- Lactococcus garvieae
- Lactococcus petauri
- Lactococcus spp.
- Largemouth Bass Virus (LMBV)
- Loma salmonae
- Lymphocystis Disease Virus (LCDV)
- Marteilia refringens
- Marteiliosis
- Megalocytivirus
- Megalocytivirus spp.
- Microsporidia
- Mikrocytos mackini
- Mud blister worms
- Multinucleated Sphere Unknown / MSX
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Mycobacterium spp.
- Mycoplasma spp.
- Myxobolus cerebralis
- Necrotising Hepatopancreatitis / Hepatobacter penaei (NHP)
- Neoplasia / Neoplastic disease
- Nocardia spp.
- Oncorhynchus masou virus (OMV)
- Orthomyxovirus
- Perkinsus marinus / Dermo
- Perkinsus olseni
- Perkinsus spp.
- Photobacterium damselae
- Photobacterium damselae piscicida
- Pilchard Orthomyxovirus (POMV)
- Piscine reovirus (PRV)
- Piscirickettsia salmonis
- Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD)
- Pseudomonas anguilliseptica
- Pseudomonas plecoglossicida
- Pseudomonas spp.
- Pseudomonas tructae
- Quahog parasite unknown (QPX)
- Ranavirus spp.
- Red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV)
- Renibacterium salmoninarum (BKD)
- Rhabdovirus spp.
- Roseovarius crassostreae (Juvenile oyster disease / JOD)Y
- Salmon fluke
- Salmon Gill Poxvirus (SGPV)
- Salmon Pancreatic Disease Virus (SPDV)
- Salmonid Alphavirus
- Saprolegnia spp.
- Scale Drop Disease Virus (SDDV)
- Scallop Apicomplexan
- Seaside Organism (SSO)
- Smelt Reovirus
- Spring Viremia of Carp (SVCV)
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococcus agalactiae Ia (2021)
- Streptococcus agalactiae Ib
- Streptococcus agalactiae III
- Streptococcus dysgalactiae
- Streptococcus iniae
- Taura syndrome virus (TSV)
- Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi
- Tenacibaculum finnmarkense
- Tenacibaculum maritimum
- Tenacibaculum mesophilum
- Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (PKD)
- Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV)
- Trematode spp.
- Vibrio alginolyticus
- Vibrio anguillarum
- Vibrio cholerae
- Vibrio fluvialis
- Vibrio harveyi
- Vibrio ordalii
- Vibrio owensii
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus / parahemolyticus (VpAHPND)
- Vibrio salmonicida
- Vibrio vulnificus
- Viral Haemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV)
- Weissella ceti
- Weissella tructae
- Whirling Disease
- White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)
- Xenohaliotis californiensis
- Yellow Head Virus (YHV)
- Yersinia ruckeri
Pathogens Evolve. Evolve Faster.
Aquaculture is dynamic — new pathogens emerge, and familiar ones change. Farms that only react to problems are always one step behind. The strongest producers anticipate, monitor, and address fish diseases in aquaculture before they have the chance to destroy your bottom line.
The Smart Economics of Aquaculture Monitoring
In modern fish farming, an ounce of prevention is worth far more than a cure. Outbreaks of fish diseases in aquaculture can wipe out populations, interrupt exports, damage hard-earned reputations and sometimes put farms out of business. A tailored fish health monitoring program helps you anticipate risks before they escalate.
By partnering with a full-spectrum aquaculture laboratory like KRB for routine testing, you invest a little to save a lot later. We can test unique concerns for your setup, keep you in compliance and ensure more predictable, profitable production.
