“…The carrier state and re-emergence has also been encountered in other fish species and diseases such as A. salmonicida in Atlantic salmon (Hiney, Kilmartin, & Smith, 1994), Yersinia ruckeri in rainbow trout (Busch & Lingg, 1975), Edwardsiella ictaluri in channel catfish (Klesius, 1992) Francisella piscicida in wild and farmed Atlantic cod (Ottem, Nylund, Isakse, Karlsbakk, & Bergh, 2008) and P. damselae subsp. piscicida in gilthead seabream (Magariños et al, 2001). For the above reasons, screening of lumpsuckers before transfer into hatcheries, ongrowing facilities, and onto sea cages is of utmost importance, in order to minimize the transfer of asymptomatic carriers.…”