Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy in groupers (Epinephelus spp.) in southern Italy: A threat for wild endangered species?

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Vendramin, Niccolò ^a,b   Patarnello, Pierpaolo ^a   Toffan, Anna ^a   Panzarin, Valentina ^a   Cappellozza, Elisabetta ^a   Tedesco, Perla ^c   Terlizzi, Antonio ^c   Terregino, Calogero ^a   Cattoli, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Betanodavirus; Epinephelus spp.; Neurological signs; Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy; Wild fish

Indexed keywords

BETANODAVIRUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS COSTAE; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS; REDSPOTTED GROUPER NERVOUS NECROSIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NODAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH DISEASES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NODAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872784001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-20     Document Type: Article

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