Alternative cell line for the isolation of salmonid alphavirus-1

• Main Authors: Tarangani Herath, Janina Costa, Kim Thompson, Alexandra Adams, Randolph Richards
• Other Authors: Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Frumulíffræði; Veirusjúkdómar; Sav’; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/19943

Salmonid alphavirus (SAV) has recently become an economically important pathogen in salmonid aquaculture in Europe. Subtype SAV-1 causes salmon pancreas disease (SPD) in Atlantic salmon in Scotland and Ireland, and was first isolated on Chinook salmon embryo-214 (CHSE-214) cells in 1995 in Ireland;...