Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
I am an aquatic epidemiologist who uses statistical and mathematical models to get insight into the interactions between environment, host and pathogen in aquaculture systems, with the goal to deliver evidence based information that can improve health management, mitigate disease and mortality, and improve sustainability of the sector.
Projects
Current (selected)
2024-2026: The Aqua-Plankton project
2021 – 2026: H2020 “Data-driven control and prioritisation of non-EU-regulated contagious animal diseases (DECIDE)”
Previous (selected):
2023 - 2025: UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme
2022 - 2024: Developing a zooplankton infection trial for Atlantic salmon
2018 - 2025: SAIC "Gill health in Scottish farmed salmon"
2019 – 2020: SG “Understanding the Relative Cost-effectiveness of Sea-lice Treatments for Farmed Salmon Production”
Supervision
2023 - now. PhD student. "Molecular epidemiology of Neoparamoeba perurans, causative agent of amoebic gill disease (AGD) in farmed salmonids." with Stirling University, UK.
2022 - 2024 PhD student. "State-space modeling of salmon mortality and cattle diseases" with Copenhagen University, Denmark.
2020 - 2024 PhD student. "Animal health in marine ecosystems: creating structure in unstructured data." with University of Stirling, UK.
2021- 2025 "PhD student. "Microbiome of fish gills and sea lice." with University of Glasgow, UK
2018 – 2021 PhD student. “Microbiome and gill health” with University of Glasgow, UK.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Transmission and control of fish-born zoonotic trematodes in aquaculture, Wageningen University & Research
10 Jan 2007 → 3 Jul 2013
Award Date: 3 Jul 2013
Master, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Wageningen University & Research
1 Sept 2002 → 31 Aug 2007
Award Date: 31 Aug 2007
Bachelor, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University & Research
1 Sept 2001 → 31 Aug 2002
Award Date: 31 Aug 2002
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Molecular Epidemiology Of Neoparamoeba Perurans, Causative Agent Of Amoebic Gill Disease (agd) In Farmed Salmonids
Boerlage, A. (Supervisor) & Dagen, S. (PhD Student)
1/10/23 → 30/09/27
Project: PhD project
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-2 Zoonoses And Emerging Diseases.
Lawton, S. (PI), Whyte, F. (CoI), Khattak, F. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Boerlage, A. (CoI), Galgano, S. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Khalid, Z. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Nale, J. (CoI) & Landeryou, T. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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The Aqua-Plankton project
Boerlage, A. (CoPI), Eze, J. (CoPI) & Landeryou, T. (CoI)
1/06/24 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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Further developing a zooplankton challenge model for Atlantic salmon
Boerlage, A. (PI), Landeryou, T. (Researcher), Thompson, K. (PI), Roy, W. (PI), Pflaum, S. (PI), Rodger, H. (PI) & Modepalli, V. (PI)
1/04/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme
Thomson, M. (PI), Boerlage, A. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Lawton, S. (CoI), Landeryou, T. (CoI) & Soutar, R. (CoI)
1/03/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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Associations between plankton and salmon gill health in Scottish aquaculture
Eze, J., Duncan, A. J. & Boerlage, A., 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Decision support tools for aquaculture
Boerlage, A., Oliveira, V. H. S., Merca, C., Zhou, X., Bang Jensen, B., Hutchinson, I., Burrell, A., Graham, D., Duncan, A. J., Carmichael, A., Nakov, N., Kristensen, A. R., Jensen, D. D. & Bearth, A., Mar 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Designing a data-based dashboard for decision making in animal farming: Traffic lights vs. Sequential colours
Bearth, A., Carmo, L. P., Silva de Oliveira, V. H., Correia-Gomes, C. & Boerlage, A., Jan 2026, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 240, 111217.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of the usability and usefulness of animal health dashboards
Vidal, G., Gustafsson, W., Carmo, L. P., Silva de Oliveira, V. H., Gangsei, L. E., Hopp, P., Jourquin, P., Slegers, Y., Nielen, M., van Schaik, G., Bearth, A., Delavenne, C., Dieste Pérez, L., Picault, S., Tocze, C., Correia-Gomes, C., Burrell, A., Boerlage, A., Rodrigues da Costa, M. & Garcia-Morante, B. & 2 others, , 25 Mar 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Examining complex gill disease in Scottish salmon
Boerlage, A., Smith, C. & Pearce, M. C., 2026, SAIC.Research output: Other contribution
Open AccessFile25 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Monitoring Scottish salmon mortality - Production cycle level DLMs
Merca, C. (Creator), Boerlage, A. (Creator), Kristensen, A. (Creator) & Jensen, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 5 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10617901, https://zenodo.org/records/10617901
Dataset
Activities
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SAIC Workshop: Climate-ready salmon aquaculture - strategies for the future
Carmichael, S. (Participant) & Boerlage, A. (Participant)
5 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Using data to support day-to-day health management of farmed Atlantic salmon
Boerlage, A. (Speaker)
5 Mar 2024 → 6 Mar 2024Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Data tools in Aquaculture
Boerlage, A. (Speaker)
2 Apr 2024 → 3 Apr 2024Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Gill health
Boerlage, A. (Speaker)
6 Jun 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Evidence-based insights into test characteristics of common tests for AGD and CGD
Boerlage, A. (Speaker)
15 Mar 2023 → 16 Mar 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk