Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
First confirmation of salmonid alphavirus infection in rainbow trout in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
- Journal:
- Diseases of aquatic organisms
- Year:
- 2022
- Authors:
- Radosavljevic, Vladimir et al.
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia
Abstract
Sleeping disease is a highly infectious viral disease caused by salmonid alphavirus subtype 2 (SAV2 FW), affecting mainly rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss farmed in freshwater. During March to May 2014, disease episodes with clinical signs of sleeping disease in rainbow trout fingerlings occurred almost simultaneously in 2 trout farms located in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Serbia. The infection of rainbow trout with SAV2 FW in 2 farms was confirmed by virus isolation and molecular methods. This is the first isolation and molecular characterization of SAV2 FW in BiH and Serbia.
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