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Overview

Thomas Wahli is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science, Immunology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research spans multiple related topics, including:

  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Thomas Wahli has published in several prominent academic venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including:

  • Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
  • Animals
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wahli include:

  • "A novel marine algal oil containing both EPA and DHA is an effective source of omega-3 fatty acids for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)", 2020, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
  • "MyFishCheck: A Model to Assess Fish Welfare in Aquaculture", 2021, Animals
  • "It's a hard knock life for some: Heterogeneity in infection life history of salmonids influences parasite disease outcomes", 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Effects of parasite concentrations on infection dynamics and proliferative kidney disease pathogenesis in brown trout (Salmo trutta)", 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • "Back From the Brink: Alterations in B and T Cell Responses Modulate Recovery of Rainbow Trout From Chronic Immunopathological Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae Infection", 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent collaborators of Thomas Wahli include:

  • Helmut Segner
  • Christyn Bailey
  • Nicole Strepparava
  • Heike Schmidt
  • Albert Ros

The research body reflects work in immunology, ecology, aquatic sciences, and physiology, contributing to a multidisciplinary approach in aquatic species health and biology.

Best Publications

  • Histopathology in fish: proposal for a protocol to assess aquatic pollution

    D. Bernet;H. Schmidt;W. Meier;P. Burkhardt-Holm

  • Life cycle complexity, environmental change and the emerging status of salmonid proliferative kidney disease

    Beth Okamura;Hanna Hartikainen;Heike Schmidt-Posthaus;Thomas Wahli

  • Effluent from a sewage treatment works causes changes in serum chemistry of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)

    D. Bernet;H. Schmidt;T. Wahli;P. Burkhardt-Holm

  • Assessment of fish health status in four Swiss rivers showing a decline of brown trout catches

    Simone Zimmerli;Daniel Bernet;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm;Heike Schmidt-Posthaus

  • Proliferative kidney disease in Switzerland: current state of knowledge

    T. Wahli;R. Knuesel;D. Bernet;H. Segner

  • Evidence for a Type III Secretion System in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

    Sarah E. Burr;Katja Stuber;Thomas Wahli;Joachim Frey

  • Climate change and infectious diseases of wildlife: Altered interactions between pathogens, vectors and hosts

    Milena Gallana;Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis;Thomas Wahli;Helmut Segner

  • Attenuated virulence of an Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida type III secretion mutant in a rainbow trout model.

    Sarah E. Burr;Dmitri Pugovkin;Thomas Wahli;Helmut Segner

  • Characterization of an ADP-Ribosyltransferase Toxin (AexT) from Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

    Martin Braun;Katja Stuber;Yvonne Schlatter;Thomas Wahli

  • Evaluation of Two Monitoring Approaches to Assess Effects of Waste Water Disposal on Histological Alterations in Fish

    Daniel Bernet;Heike Schmidt-Posthaus;Thomas Wahli;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm

  • Type III Secretion Genes in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida Are Located on a Large Thermolabile Virulence Plasmid

    Katja Stuber;Sarah E. Burr;Martin Braun;Thomas Wahli

  • Aeromonas sobria, a causative agent of disease in farmed perch, Perca fluviatilis L.

    T Wahli;S E Burr;D Pugovkin;O Mueller

  • Proliferative kidney disease in rainbow trout: time- and temperature-related renal pathology and parasite distribution.

    Kathrin Bettge;Thomas Wahli;Helmut Segner;Heike Schmidt-Posthaus

  • Who needs the hotspot? The effect of temperature on the fish host immune response to Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae the causative agent of proliferative kidney disease.

    Christyn Bailey;Helmut Segner;Ayako Casanova-Nakayama;Thomas Wahli

  • Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) of rainbow trout: temperature- and time-related changes of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae DNA in the kidney

    K. Bettge;Helmut Segner;R. Burki;Heike Schmidt-Posthaus

  • Influence of dietary vitamin C on the wound healing process in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Thomas Wahli;Viviane Verlhac;Peter Girling;Jacques Gabaudan

  • Active biomonitoring with brown trout and rainbow trout in diluted sewage plant effluents

    H. Schmidt;D. Bernet;T. Wahli;W. Meier

  • Morphological organ alterations and infectious diseases in brown trout Salmo trutta and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss exposed to polluted river water

    Heike Schmidt-Posthaus;Daniel Bernet;Thomas Wahli;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm

  • Integrated field, laboratory, and theoretical study of PKD spread in a Swiss prealpine river.

    Luca Carraro;Enrico Bertuzzo;Lorenzo Mari;Inês Fontes

  • Association of Type III secretion genes with virulence of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

    Sarah E. Burr;Thomas Wahli;Helmut Segner;Dmitri Pugovkin

  • Comparison of pathological changes due to deficiency of vitamin C, vitamin E and combinations of vitamins C and E in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum)

    R. Frischknecht;T. Wahli;W. Meier

  • Effect of temperature and diet on wound healing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

    Linda B. Jensen;Thomas Wahli;Charles McGurk;Tommy Berger Eriksen

  • Role of altitude and water temperature as regulating factors for the geographical distribution of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae infected fishes in Switzerland

    T. Wahli;D. Bernet;H. Segner;H. Schmidt‐Posthaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Segner
Helmut Segner University of Bern
Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
Patricia Burkhardt-Holm University of Basel
Joachim Frey
Joachim Frey University of Bern
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jukka Jokela
Jukka Jokela Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Orlando Petrini
Orlando Petrini University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Caird E. Rexroad
Caird E. Rexroad Agricultural Research Service
Ingo Schlupp
Ingo Schlupp University of Oklahoma
Christopher J. Secombes
Christopher J. Secombes University of Aberdeen
Enrico Bertuzzo
Enrico Bertuzzo Ca Foscari University of Venice

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