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New yellow head virus genotype (YHV7) in giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon indigenous to northern Australia.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 20 Aug 2015
Mohr Peter G, Moody Nicholas J G, Hoad John, Williams Lynette M, Bowater Rachel O, Cummins David M, Cowley Jeff A, StJ Crane Mark
Abstract excerpt
In 2012, giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon originally sourced from Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in northern Australia were examined in an attempt to identify the cause of elevated mortalities among broodstock at a Queensland hatchery. Nucleic acid extracted from ethanol-fixed gills of 3 individual shrimp tested positive using the OIE YHV Protocol 2 RT-PCR designed to differentiate yellow head virus (YHV1) from...
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