Detection of Virus Level in Tissues of Rainbow Trout, Oncoryhinchus mykiss in Clinical Stage of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia
Ghiasi, FarzadOlesen, Niels Jorgen
In order to detecting VHS virus titer in various tissues in clinical stage of VHS disease, rainbow trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss, were exposed to virus by bath. The experiments were carried out with 140 fish obtained fromrainbow trout farm. The fish were divided into two equal groups in 120 Liter tanks containing 70 fish. Group one wasconsidered as control and group two infected by bath challenge with 103 TCID50 ml-1 of a VHS virus strain serologicallysimilar to reference strain F1 with high pathogenicity in rainbow trout. At days 12, 13 and 14 post infection the organsincluding kidney, spleen, heart, skin, liver, pyloric caeca and brain were sampled from dead fish with appropriate clinicalsigns of VHS separately. Each sample was placed in vials adding 1 ml transport medium to assess virus titer in varioustissues. Results of the study, showed that significant difference between virus loads in various organs (p≤ 0.05). Thehighest virus titer belongs to the heart while it is in minimum amount in the skin. According to the virus quantity theexperimental tissues can be divided in three categories, respectively. Heart and kidney performed the highest amount ofvirus quantities while liver, gill, pyloric caeca and skin showed the lowest with brain and spleen lying in between. Theseresults point out that the significant levels of VHS virus found in rainbow trout tissues are relevant for the biosecurity inVHS-free areas mainly when fish are displayed and retained as whole fish.(AU)
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