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)
2018 - 2022: SAIC "Gill health in Scottish farmed salmon"
2021 – 2026: H2020 “Data-driven control and prioritisation of non-EU-regulated contagious animal diseases (DECIDE)”
Previous (selected):
2019 – 2020: SG “Understanding the Relative Cost-effectiveness of Sea-lice Treatments for Farmed Salmon Production”
2014 – 2015: CERC & Innov PEI “Description and quantification of mortality in finfish marine aquaculture in Northern Vietnam”
2014 – 2015: CERC “Description and quantification of mortality in red tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) cultured in close proximity to Pangasius (Pangasius hypophthalmus) aquaculture systems in Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam”
Supervision
2020 MSc student. “Satellite Image Classification for Scottish Salmon Farms” with University of Strathclyde, UK.
2020 MSc student. “Time series analysis on the effect of environmental factors on monthly mortality and histology indicators of gill health” with Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
2018 – 2021 PhD student. “Microbiome and gill health” with University of Glasgow, UK.
2018 MSc student. “Text Processing” with University of Stirling, 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 AccessFile15 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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3rd International conference on Aquatic Animal Epidemiology (AquaEpi III)
Boerlage, A. (Organiser)
29 Nov 2023 → 1 Dec 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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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