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Trygve Sigholt

Trygve Sigholt

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
26
Citations
2531
World Ranking
2891
National Ranking
33

Overview

Trygve Sigholt is affiliated with BioMar in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work primarily focuses on aquatic science, with subfields including immunology, physiology, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's research centers around topics related to aquaculture nutrition and growth, disease management and microbiota in aquaculture, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, physiological and biochemical adaptations, fish ecology and management studies, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, and fatty acid research and health.

Recent publications by Trygve Sigholt include:

  • Increasing dietary levels of the n-3 long-chain PUFA, EPA and DHA, improves the growth, welfare, robustness and fillet quality of Atlantic salmon in sea cages (2022), British Journal Of Nutrition
  • Arginine, ornithine and citrulline supplementation in rainbow trout: Free amino acid dynamics and gene expression responses to bacterial infection (2020), Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Effects of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fed low- and high HUFA diets on growth and midgut intestinal health (2021), Aquaculture
  • Intestinal health in Atlantic salmon post-smolt (Salmo salar) when fed low- and high HUFA diets (2022), Aquaculture
  • A Piece of the Puzzle-Possible Mechanisms for Why Low Dietary EPA and DHA Cause Hepatic Lipid Accumulation in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) (2022), Metabolites

Trygve Sigholt frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Aquaculture (5 publications)
  • British Journal Of Nutrition (2 publications)
  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology (2 publications)
  • Metabolites (1 publication)
  • Aquaculture Nutrition (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors associated with Trygve Sigholt include:

  • Nini H. Sissener
  • Angelico Madaro
  • Esmail Lutfi
  • Grethe Rosenlund
  • Signe Dille Løvmo

Best Publications

  • Handling Stress and Storage Temperature Affect Meat Quality of Farmed-raised Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar)

    T. Sigholt;U. Erikson;T. Rustad;S. Johansen

  • The influence of environmental temperature on the apparent nutrient and fatty acid digestibility in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed finishing diets containing different blends of fish oil, rapeseed oil and palm oil

    Wing-Keong Ng;Trygve Sigholt;John Gordon Bell

  • Requirements of n-3 very long-chain PUFA in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L): effects of different dietary levels of EPA and DHA on fish performance and tissue composition and integrity

    Marta Bou;Gerd Marit Berge;Grete Bæverfjord;Trygve Sigholt

  • Handling stress and water quality during live transportation and slaughter of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Ulf Erikson;Trygve Sigholt;Aina Seland

  • Effect of low temperature on seawater tolerance in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Smolts

    Trygve Sigholt;Bengt Finstad

  • Muscle High‐Energy Phosphates and Stress Affect K‐Values during Ice Storage of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

    U. Erikson;A.R. Beyer;T. Sigholt

  • Reduced carbonic anhydrase and Na−K-ATPase activity in gills of salmonids exposed to aluminium-containing acid water

    M. Staurnes;T. Sigholt;O. B. Reite

  • Effects of continuous light and short-day photoperiod on smolting, seawater survival and growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Trygve Sigholt;Magne Staurnes;Hans J. Jakobsen;Torbjørn Åsgård

  • Acclimation of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) to cold water: Sxtress response, osmoregulation, gill lipid composition and gill Na-K-ATPase activity

    Magne Staurnes;Jose R. Rainuzzo;Trygve Sigholt;Leif Jøgensen

  • Reducing persistent organic pollutants while maintaining long chain omega-3 fatty acid in farmed Atlantic salmon using decontaminated fish oils for an entire production cycle

    M.H.G. Berntssen;P.A. Olsvik;B.E. Torstensen;K. Julshamn

  • Low levels of very-long-chain n-3 PUFA in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) diet reduce fish robustness under challenging conditions in sea cages

    Marta Bou;Gerd Marit Berge;Grete Bæverfjord;Trygve Sigholt

  • Nutritional responses in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed diets with different physical qualities at stable or variable environmental conditions

    T.S. Aas;B.F. Terjesen;T. Sigholt;M. Hillestad

  • A model for oxygen consumption of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) based on measurements of individual fish in a tunnel respirometer

    Jon Arne Grøttum;Trygve Sigholt

  • Influence of a dietary shift on temporal changes in fat deposition and fatty acid composition of Atlantic salmon post-smolt during the early phase of seawater rearing

    M Jobling;A V Larsen;B Andreassen;T Sigholt

  • Contribution of bleeding to total handling stress during slaughter of Atlantic salmon

    U. Erikson;T. Sigholt;T. Rustad;I.E. Einarsdottir

  • Timing of parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): effects of changes in temperature and photoperiod

    Trygve Sigholt;Torbjørn Åsgård;Magne Staurnes

  • Physiological effects of simulated high-density transport of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    Magne Staurnes;Trygve Sigholt;Hans Peder Pedersen;Turid Rustad

  • Difference in the seawater tolerance of anadromous and landlocked populations of arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

    Magne Staurnes;Trygve Sigholt;Grete Lysfjord;Odd A. Gulseth

  • Effects of a temperature shift on seawater challenge test performance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt.

    Magne Staurnes;Trygve Sigholt;Torbjørn Åsgård;Grete Baeverfjord

  • A dynamic model of nutrient pathways, growth, and body composition in fish

    Nadav S. Bar;Trygve Sigholt;Karl D. Shearer;Åshild Krogdahl

  • ACUTE TOXICITY OF CARBON DIOXIDE ON EUROPEAN SEABASS (DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX) : MORTALITY AND EFFECTS ON PLASMA IONS

    Jon Arne Grøttum;Trygve Sigholt

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf K. Berge
Rolf K. Berge University of Bergen
Turid Rustad
Turid Rustad Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kari Ruohonen
Kari Ruohonen University of Turku
Rolf Erik Olsen
Rolf Erik Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Anders Goksøyr
Anders Goksøyr University of Bergen
Malcolm Jobling
Malcolm Jobling University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Rune Waagbø
Rune Waagbø University of Bergen
Åshild Krogdahl
Åshild Krogdahl Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Anna K. Sonesson
Anna K. Sonesson Marin Software

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