Detection of white sturgeon iridovirus (WSIV) in sturgeons (Actinopterygii: Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae) from aquaculture facilities located in Poland, Germany, and Italy

• Published in: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
• Main Authors: P. Hofsoe-Oppermann, J. Kiełpińska, R. Panicz, S.M. Bergmann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019
• Subjects: white sturgeon iridovirus; WSIV; aquaculture; viru; Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; SH1-691; Forbes; Bonaparte; Acipenser baerii; Beluga; Beluga*; Siberian sturgeon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02568; https://doaj.org/article/3539b47a43974238a7ce6bd35fdb0448

Background. White sturgeon iridovirus (WSIV) is one of the most serious threats for sturgeon aquaculture as the mortality in juvenile individuals can reach 95%. At the turn of the century WSIV was reported among hatchery-raised white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836, in North Ameri...