Subclinical herpesvirus infection in farmed turbot Scophthalmus maximus.
Subclinical infections with a herpesvirus were detected by light and electron microscopic examination of juvenile turbot collected during a national surveillance programme. Virions detected in the epidermis of skin and in the epithelium of gills had a morphology consistent with those of Herpesvirus scophthalmi described from turbot in the United Kingdom and Denmark. This is the first report of herpesvirus infection in turbot in Norway.
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National Veterinary Institute Bergen, Norway. hege.hellberg@vetinst.no
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D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D004817:Epidermis / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005412:Flatfishes; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D005880:Gills / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000662:veterinary; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D014771:Virion / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure