Table 1.

Salmon aquaculture pathogens selected for qPCR assay development.

Pathogen	DSM No.	Target Gene	Primer/Probe 5′-3′ (F: Forward Primer; R: Reverse Primer; P: Probe Sequence)
Aeromonas salmonicida (A. sal)	19634	vapA	F: TTTCTGGCGTAGGCCGTTTA R: CTTCCGAACGTCATTAACTTCACC P:/6-FAM/CTGCTGGTT/Zen/AACCCGAATGATCATGGTAAT/IABkFQ/
Vagococcus salmoninarum (V. sal)	6633	pheS	F: AGAGCGGGAAATTCGTCTTC R: GGGAAGGCTGTAACGTTTGTA P:/SUN/ACTGAACCT/Zen/TCCGTCGAAGTTGATGT/IABkFQ
Yersinia Ruckeri (Y. ruc)	18506	glnA	F: TCCAGCACCAAATACGAAGGT R: GATCTGCGTTCTGCCATGT P:/HEX/CCCAGTTGA/Zen/TTCCGCGCAAGATCT/IABkFQ/