“…These noxae may induce tissue alterations, which affect the physiological function of the gills, such as respiration, ammonia excretion or maintenance of the osmotic balance. In carp, gill diseases were associated with adverse water quality, including elevated pH and ammonia levels (Raskovic, Poleksic, Zivic, & Spasic, ), parasitic infections, such as gill flukes (Borji, Naghibi, Nasiri, & Ahmadi, ), Ichthyobodo or Dermocystidium (Červinka, Vítovec, Lom, Hoška, & Kubů, ), as well as bacterial infections, mainly by flavobacteria (Farkas & Oláh, ; Swain et al., ). In Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), gill diseases were recently recognized as being multifactorial.…”