In vivo and in vitro studies of Salmon Pancreas Disease Virus (SPDV) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

• Main Author: Noguera, Patricia Alina
• Other Authors: Del-Pozo, Jorge, Collet, Bertrand, Dutia, Bernadette, other
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Edinburgh 2018
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; cardiotropic infections; SPDV; disease model; host pathogen interaction; cardiac primary cultures; Slaughter; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33257

Salmon Pancreas Disease Virus (SPDV) is the only viral species of the genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae, affecting fish. SPDV induces two conditions historically recognised independently as Pancreas disease (PD) and Sleeping disease (SD), affecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L) and rainbow trou...