First detection of piscine reovirus (PRV) in marine fish species

Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is a disease that affects farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. several months after the fish have been transferred to seawater. Recently, a new virus called piscine reovirus (PRV) was identified in Atlantic salmon from an outbreak of HSMI and in experim...

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Published in:Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Main Authors: Wiik-Nielsen, Christer R., Løvoll, Marie, Sandlund, Nina, Faller, Randi, Wiik-Nielsen, Jannicke, Jensen, Britt Bang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2012
Subjects:
virus
fish diseases
fiskesykdommer
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923
VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/108999
https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02425
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Summary:Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is a disease that affects farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. several months after the fish have been transferred to seawater. Recently, a new virus called piscine reovirus (PRV) was identified in Atlantic salmon from an outbreak of HSMI and in experimentally challenged fish. PRV is associated with the development of HSMI, and has until now only been detected in Atlantic salmon. This study investigates whether the virus is also present in wild fish populations that may serve as vectors for the virus. The virus was found in few of the analyzed samples so there is probably a more complex relationship that involves several carriers and virus reservoirs. 2016-01-24

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