Fig. 1. Absolute major capsid protein (MCP) gene copies (A), spleen weight (B) and spleen index (C) of rock bream intraperitoneally injected with 1.1 × 107 MCP gene copy/fish at different water temperatures (29, 26, 23, 20 and 17°C). Surviving fish at 17°C were sampled at 100 (△) and 150 (▲) days post infection. The cumulative mortality (D) of rock bream previously published (Jung et al. 2015) is shown for reference. Virus copy number, 1.0 × 101/μl, in the PBS injected control group (A) was regarded as negative.
Table 1 Experimental details of artificial infection
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