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==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
'''Freshwater baths''' are the only proven therapy but are very stressful for the fish.
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'''Freshwater baths''' are used as therapy but are very stressful for the fish. Current treatment method in Scotland and Ireland is a bath in hydrogen peroxide<ref>Mark D. Powell, Heather Mlynarski, Joy A. Becker1, James A. Mackie (2009) '''Effects of oral administration of AquaciteTM and Beta-becTM, two commercial β-glucan-based nutritional supplements in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during an outbreak of Amoebic Gill Disease.'''. ''Fiskehelse'', 11. årgang nr. 1, 26-34</ref> .  
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'''Chloramine, chlorine dioxide and levamisole''' have also been used.  
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'''Chloramine, chlorine dioxide and levamisole''' have also been used.
    
==Control==
 
==Control==
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