Table 1.

Summary of the experimental conditions of the different trials performed with gilthead sea bream.

Trial	Pathogen	Type of challenge	Sampling points	Fish weight (g)a	nia	Sampled tissues	Diet
T1	Nodavirus strain 475-9/99	Intramuscular injection	24, 48 hpc	45	30	Head kidney	Basal
						Brain
T2	Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscidida	Bath challenge	10 dpc	20	100	Head kidney	Basal + vaccine
						Spleen
						Intestine
						Serum
						Skin mucus
T3	Enteromyxum leei	Anal intubation	17, 64 dpc	60	36	Head kidney	Basal
						Posterior intestine
T4	Enteromyxum leei	Effluent exposure	133 dpc	200	50	Serum	Basal
T5	Enteromyxum leei	Effluent exposure	102 dpc	220	60	Head kidney	Fish oil, vegetable oils
						Posterior intestine

hpc, hours post-challenge; dpc, days post-challenge.

^aFish weight and n_i refer to the weight and number of fish at the beginning of the trial.