Publication - Progress report
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 4 Number 3: Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in Wrasse Around Shetland Commencing 2012
Report on an outbreak of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia in multiple stocked species of wrasse on six sea-water sites around Shetland Mainland commencing December 2012.
Glossary of Technical Terms
| Atlantic cod | Gadus morhua (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| ballan wrasse | Labrus bergylta (Ascanius, 1767) |
| common dab | Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Confirmed Designation Notice | a notification of restrictions on aquaculture production activities for a specified area, defined by the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 28 & 29, to prevent or limit the spread of a confirmed listed or emerging disease |
| corkwing wrasse | Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| cuckoo wrasse | Labrus mixtus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Dover sole | Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay | a laboratory test that uses antibodies to detect the presence of a pathogen through a colour change |
| diagnostic testing | tests carried out on symptomatic individuals to establish the health status of a population with reference to specific pathogens |
| disease | clinical or non-clinical infection with one or more aetiological agents as defined in EC Council Directive 2006/88/ EC |
| European seabass | Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| facility | a site with the capability of carrying out tank-based research |
| farm | a commercial Atlantic salmon production site |
| fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas (Rafinesque, 1820) |
| first-reported site | the site at which VHS was first confirmed |
| fisherman | the individual contracted to catch wild wrasse for the fish-farm client |
| fish-farm client | the fish-farm company for which the wild-caught wrasse were captured, held, and deployed |
| flounder | Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| gadoid | species of the family Gadidae (Rafinesque, 1810) |
| genotype | a classificatory grouping of VHSV based on nucleic acid sequence variation |
| goldsinny wrasse | Ctenolabrus rupestris (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| grey gurnard | Eutrigla gurnardus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| haplotype | isolates sharing a common nucleic acid sequence |
| herring | Clupea harengus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Initial Designation Notice | a notification of restrictions on aquaculture production activities for a specified area, defined by the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 24 & 25, to prevent or limit the spread of a suspected listed or emerging disease |
| Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis | infection with Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus ( ICTV, 2000) |
| Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis | infection with Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus ( ICTV, 1991) |
| Infectious Salmon Anaemia | infection with Infectious salmon anemia virus ( ICTV, 2005) |
| lemon sole | Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) |
| long-rough dab | Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) |
| lumpsucker | Cyclopterus lumpus (Linneaus, 1758) |
| mackerel | Scomber scombrus (Linneaus, 1758) |
| Marine Scotland | the lead marine management organisation in Scotland which acts on behalf of the Scottish Ministers as the competent authority for fish, shellfish and crustacean diseases |
| Marine Scotland Science | a division of Marine Scotland incorporating predecessor Fisheries Research Services |
| Norway pout | Trisopterus esmarkii (Nileson, 1855) |
| nucleic acid | a biological molecule composed of DNA or RNA which encodes and transmits biological information |
| nucleotide | an individual component of nucleic acids |
| outbreak | an identified occurrence of infection involving one or more aquatic animals |
| plaice | Pleuronectes platessa (Linneaus, 1758) |
| pogge | Agonus cataphractus (Linneaus, 1758) |
| poor cod | Trisopterus minutus (Linneaus, 1758) |
| primer | a nucleic acid functioning as a starting position for DNA synthesis |
| rockcook wrasse | Centrolabrus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| saithe | Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| salmon louse | Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837) |
| salmon sealouse | Caligus elongatus (von Nordmann, 1832) |
| sea-lice | species of the family Caligidae (Brumeister, 1834) |
| short-horn sculpin | Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Sound of Arisaig | the area of sea north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula through to the east coast of the island of Eigg and south of Arisaig |
| sprat | Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| site | location of an aquaculture production business; further sub-classified as farms or facilities |
| statutory testing | tests carried out on targeted individuals to establish the health status of a population with reference to specific pathogens |
| temporary holding facility | a site to which wild-caught wrasse were moved following capture prior to onward transport |
| turbot | Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia | infection with Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus ( ICTV, 2000) |
| whiting | Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| wrasse | species of the family Labridae (Cuvier, 1816) |
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