Flóra Abonyi, Andor Doszpoly, István Czeglédi, Edit Eszterbauer
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Abstract
Unexpected mass mortality of black bullhead Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) fingerlings occurred 1 week after their arrival at our animal facility. The specimens of the invasive fish species originated from Lake Balaton, the largest natural freshwater lake in Hungary. The mortality reached 100% within 3 days. Gross pathological examination detected inflammation in the inner organs, renomegaly, and a marble, pale pink liver. Two pathogenic bacteria strains, Vibrio cholerae Pacini, 1854, and Plesiomonas shigelloides (Bader 1954), were detected in the fish liver examined. The molecular virological examination showed the presence of the nucleic acid of two dsDNA viruses. One is the Ictalurid herpesvirus 2 (IcHV-2), which is a well-known pathogen of the black bullhead that has only been reported from Italian fish farms previously. This is the first report of IcHV-2 from a natural freshwater habitat. The other viral DNA detected in fish belongs to an unidentified virus species. Sequence analysis of the partial DNA polymerase gene confirmed that the novel virus is a member of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae within the family Poxviridae. Although the causative agent of this mass mortality could not be identified with certainty, the clinical signs suggest that the detected viruses are the most suspicious. Furthermore, our results highlight that the health monitoring of invasive species is also important for the timely detection of pathogens that threaten the native fish fauna.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Fish Diseases enjoys an international reputation as the medium for the exchange of information on original research into all aspects of disease in both wild and cultured fish and shellfish. Areas of interest regularly covered by the journal include:
-host-pathogen relationships-
studies of fish pathogens-
pathophysiology-
diagnostic methods-
therapy-
epidemiology-
descriptions of new diseases