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.


Abbreviations

 
CDN   Confirmed Designation Notice
CI   confidence interval
CPE   cytopathic effect
cDNA   complementary deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA   deoxyribonucleic acid
EC   European Community
ELISA   Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EU   European Union
FHI   Fish Health Inspectorate
G-gene   glycoprotein gene
hap D haplotype of VHS Visolates from the first-reported site
ICTV   International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
IDN   Initial Designation Notice
IHN   Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis
IHNV   Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus
IPN   Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
ISA Infectious Salmon Anaemia
ISAV   Infectious salmon anemia virus
MS   Marine Scotland
MSS   Marine Scotland Science
N-gene   nucleocapsid gene
OIE   World Organisation for Animal Health
PCR   polymerase chain-reaction
qRT-PCR   quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain-reaction
RNA   ribonucleic acid
Se   diagnostic sensitivity
Sp   diagnostic specificity
VHS   Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
VHSV   Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus
VTM   viral transport medium
<   less than
>   greater than
  less than or equal to
  greater than or equal to
  approximately

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