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Autor(es)
Godoy, Marcos G.; Aedo, Alejandra; Kibenge, Molly J.T.; Groman, David B.; Yason, Carmencita V.; Grothusen, Horts; Lisperguer, Angelica; Calbucura, Marlene; Avendaño, Fernando; Imilán, Marcelo; Jarpa, Miguel; Kibenge, Frederick S.B. |
ISSN:
1746-6148 |
Idioma:
eng |
Fecha:
2008 |
Tipo:
Artículo |
Revista:
BMC Veterinary Research |
Datos de la publicación:
vol. 4 Issue: Pages: |
DOI:
10.1186/1746-6148-4-28 |
Descripción:
Funding Information: Funding for this study was provided by Marine Harvest S.A., Puerto Montt, Chile, Biovac S.A., Puerto Montt, Chile, and OIE Reference Laboratory for ISA, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada. |
Resumen:
Background: Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is a viral disease of marine-farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) caused by ISA virus (ISAV), which belongs to the genus Isavirus, family Orthomyxoviridae. The virus is considered to be carried by marine wild fish and for over 25 years has caused major disease outbreaks in marine-farmed Atlantic salmon in the Northern hemisphere. In the Southern hemisphere, ISAV was first detected in Chile in 1999 in marine-farmed Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). In contrast to the classical presentation of ISA in Atlantic salmon, the presence of ISAV in Chile until now has only been associated with a clinical condition called Icterus Syndrome in Coho salmon and virus isolation has not always been possible. During the winter of 2007, unexplained mortalities were registered in market-size Atlantic salmon in a grow-out site located in Chiloé in Region X of Chile. We report here the diagnostic findings of the first significant clinical outbreak of ISA in marine-farmed Atlantic salmon in Chile and the first characterization of the ISAV isolated from the affected fish. Results: In mid-June 2007, an Atlantic salmon marine farm site located in central Chiloé Island in Region X of Chile registered a sudden increase in mortality following recovery from an outbreak of Pisciricketsiosis, which rose to a cumulative mortality of 13.6% by harvest time. Based on the clinical signs and lesions in the affected fish, and laboratory tests performed on the fish tissues, a confirmatory diagnosis of ISA was made; the first time ISA in its classical presentation and for the first time affecting farmed Atlantic salmon in Chile. Rapid sequencing of the virus-specific RT-PCR products amplified from the fish tissues identified the virus to belong to the European genotype |
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