Article history:
Received 17 January 2014
Received in revised form
16 May 2014
Accepted 19 May 2014
Available online 6 August 2014 The aim of this study was to examine the microbiological and related parameters (antibiotic resistance and pathogen identification) of water at two salmonid fish farms in Northern Ireland. Total Bacterial Counts at the Movanagher Fish Farm was 1730 colony forming units (cfu)/ml water (log10 3.24 cfu/ml) and 3260 cfu/ml (log10 3.51 cfu/ml) at the Bushmills Salmon Station. Examination of resulting organisms revealed 10 morphological phenotypes, which were subsequently sequenced to determine their