Fish virus

Researchers will continue to monitor for the virus and the study, they say, underscores the importance of collaborative scientific efforts with the DNR and the role these efforts play in addressing the needs of the state. Co-authors of the study include now-retired fish health specialist Sue Marcquenski and other scientists from the DNR, researchers from the U.

Tags: conservation , federal relations , microbiology , veterinary medicine. University of Wisconsin—Madison. Tony Goldberg. Kathy Toohey-Kurth. Share via Facebook. Share via Twitter. Share via Linked In. Share via Email. The disease causes death in both adult and young fish. The virus is readily isolated in common fish cell lines and identified by serum neutralization and fluorescent antibody tests. This typically chronic, viral infection of wild or captive marine and freshwater fish is caused by an icosahedral DNA virus of the Iridoviridae family.

Infection may be manifest by benign, cauliflower-like lesions typically located on fins. The disease affects a wide range of fish and is generally considered to have a global distribution. Within the aquarium trade, painted glass fish and marine tropical fishes such as the anemonefishes Pomacentridae , marine angels Pomacanthidae , and butterflyfishes Chaetodontidae are susceptible.

Presumptive diagnosis is based on the presence of enlarged fibroblasts up to 1 mm , which are easily visualized with a light microscope. Microscopic examination typically reveals the appearance of grape-like clusters of virus-laden cells. Diagnosis is confirmed histologically. Feulgen-positive cytoplasmic inclusions and a hypertrophied nucleus are pathognomonic. The disease is usually self-limiting but is of aesthetic concern. Several other iridoviruses have been described in ornamental fish.

RSIV is a reportable disease. ISKNV includes megalocytiviruses that primarily affect ornamental freshwater fishes. ISKNV is not currently reportable. A megalocytivirus has been described in freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare , but the agent has not been isolated. It can result in high mortality. An iridovirus has also been isolated in the USA from gourami in the genus Trichogaster using a tilapia heart cell line.

This virus does not grow on FHM cells or other common cell lines used for isolation of fish viruses. The gourami virus has been associated with systemic disease and mortality of T trichopterus and T leeri gourami. A megalocytivirus is known from dwarf gourami Trichogaster spp, but it is not known whether it is the same virus that affects gourami in the USA. Koi sleepy disease is also known as carp edema virus.

Caused by a poxvirus, it was first seen in Japan in and has since occurred in other countries, including the USA. Affected fishes appear lethargic, lay on their sides, and have thin body condition. Mortality is usually low but can be variable. Gill hyperplasia is a common histopathologic finding. Infected koi can recover, but it is unknown whether they retain a carrier state.

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