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http://dx.doi.org/10.7847/jfp.2011.24.2.053

Quantitative analysis of the clinical signs in marine fish induced by Megalocytivirus infection  

Jin, Ji-Woong (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University)
Cho, Hye-Jin (Fisheries Resources Institute)
Kim, Kwang-Il (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University)
Jeong, Joon-Bum (School of Marine Biomedical Sciences, College of Ocean Science & Marine and Environmental Research Institute, Jeju National University)
Park, Gyeong-Hyun (Fisheries Resources Agency)
Jeong, Hyun-Do (Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University)
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Journal of fish pathology / v.24, no.2, 2011 , pp. 53-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
In quantitative studies of clinical signs, rock bream of adults and juveniles infected with Megalocytivirus IVS-1 isolated from rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) in Korea showed average $4.49{\pm}1.13$ and $4.85{\pm}1.06$ of spleen index respectively. In challenge experiments, Megalocytivirus IVS-1 induced 100% cumulative mortality in both adult and juvenile rock bream. However we found 60% cumulative mortality in juvenile red sea bream (Pagrus major) even after 30 days of injection, which contradicted with the results of other laboratories. Interestingly, IVS-1 infected red sea bream of the same juvenile size with rock bream showed lower spleen index compared to that of rock bream. In real-time PCR, there was continuous increasing of the numbers of viral copies ($2.03{\times}10^7$ copies/mg) in the spleen of juvenile rock bream infected, which were different from those in adult rock bream showing plateau level after reaching to the peak level. Moreover, enlarged cell numbers in the infected spleen were also increased continuously in the juvenile but not in adult of rock bream, even decreased after reaching to peak level. Consequently, significant differences in clinical signs: cumulative mortality. spleen index and viral copy number were found between rock bream and red sea bream, but not between adult and juvenile rock bream. Certainly quantitative expression of clinical sign as in this study may be a way to compare the progression of megalocitiviral disease more accurately in different species or physiological conditions.
Keywords
Megalocytivirus; Rock bream; Red sea bream; Spleen index; Real-time PCR;
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