Article
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) outbreak in farmed rainbow trout in Iran: Viral isolation, pathological findings, molecular confirmation, and genetic analysis.
Virus research - 2 Feb 2017
Ahmadivand Sohrab, Soltani Mehdi, Mardani Karim, Shokrpoor Sara, Hassanzadeh Reza, Ahmadpoor Mehran, Rahmati-Holasoo Hooman, Meshkini Saeid
Abstract excerpt
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is the etiological agent of a contagious disease (IHN) mainly in salmonid fish. In the present study, we isolated and identified IHNV in trout fry from Iranian trout farms with unexplained high mortality in 2016. The affected fry showed cumulative mortality of 90% with the gross pathological signs including exophthalmia and hemorrhage of the eye, skin darkening,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.