The lice have a short, free-swimming larval phase, when they need to find and attach to a fish host. L. salmonis specimens from the Museum's collection preserved in liquid 'The infective larvae are ...

An experienced South Australian snake catcher has spent a week in hospital after being bitten by a lice-infested snake he was treating with a bath.

The reason parasites are able to sniff out potential hosts, hard words from MSPs and questions over Norway’s ‘traffic light’ system all feature in our sea lice round-up.

Many marine scientists are concerned that the unnatural amplification of these diseases within the netcages threaten surrounding marine life and wild salmon. Infestations of sea lice are common in ...