Research Article

Exploring Options for Syndromic Surveillance in Aquaculture: Outbreak Detection of Salmon Pancreas Disease Using Production Data from Norwegian Farms

Table 3

Number of farms, fish cohorts, and production months used to design and test the performance of a syndromic salmon mortality surveillance system.

AreaFull study period, years 2014−2021 (alarm statistics
period, years 2018−2021)
FarmsCohortsMonths

3137 (130)576 (328)6,597 (3,278)

4122 (115)427 (251)4,842 (2,444)

540 (39)138 (85)1,760 (934)

6131 (122)477 (281)5,920 (3,050)

All430 (406)1,618 (945)19,119 (9,706)

The numbers are stratified by production areas in Norwegian coastal waters for different study periods.