title: Isolation and identification of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (VHS) viruses from cod Gadus morhua with the ulcus syndrome and from haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus having skin haemorrhages in the North Sea.
abstract: During fish disease surveys for marine rhabdoviruses in 1993 and 1995, the cod ulcus syndrome was seen widely in all ages of cod, especially the 2 to 5+ year classes. Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus (VHSV) was isolated from a small proportion of the lesion-positive fish and these isolates were identified by immunofluorescence or ELISA. A serendipitous observation of dermal petechiae on haddock was made. VHSV was isolated from this lesion for the first time indicating a new host species for VHSV.
authors.affiliation: FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. smailda@marlab.ac.uk
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Smail
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D005399:Fishes; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012209:Rhabdoviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D013577:Syndrome