Iron metabolism modulation in Atlantic salmon infested with the sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus rogercresseyi: A matter of nutritional immunity?
Iron transport and Heme biosynthesis upregulated in L. salmonis-infested S. salar. Heme degradation genes mainly upregulated in C. rogercresseyi-infested S. salar. Iron metabolism modulation likely related to hematophagous behavior of sea lice.