Virus infections of marine fish erythrocytes: prevalence of piscine erythrocytic necrosis in cod Gadus morhua L. and blenny Blennius pholis L. in coastal and offshore waters of the United Kingdom
Abstract. Giemsa stained blood smears prepared from blennies caught on the shores of southern England and from cod taken from the Celtic and North seas revealed fish with clinical ‘piscine erythrocytic necrosis’ (PEN). The findings recorded here extend the distribution data on PEN infections and rep...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Diseases |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1980
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.1980.tb00182.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2761.1980.tb00182.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2761.1980.tb00182.x |
| Summary: | Abstract. Giemsa stained blood smears prepared from blennies caught on the shores of southern England and from cod taken from the Celtic and North seas revealed fish with clinical ‘piscine erythrocytic necrosis’ (PEN). The findings recorded here extend the distribution data on PEN infections and report that the infection in the blenny and cod may possibly have a similar developmental pattern. Data are presented on the prevalence of the infection in the fish population samples and on the proportion of infected cells in the smears examined. |
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