Subclinical herpesvirus infection in farmed turbot Scophthalmus maximus

H. Hellberg; E. O. Koppang; B. Tørud; I. Bjerkås

doi:10.3354/dao049027

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DAO 49:27-31 (2002) - doi:10.3354/dao049027

Subclinical herpesvirus infection in farmed turbot Scophthalmus maximus

H. Hellberg^1,*, E. O. Koppang ², B. Tørud³, I. Bjerkås ²

¹National Veterinary Institute Bergen, PO Box 1263 Sentrum, 5811 Bergen, Norway
²Department of Morphology, Genetics and Aquatic Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep., 0033 Oslo, Norway
³Veterinærtjenesten for fiskoppdrett i Hemme, Halsa, Aure og Snillfjord (VHHAS), 6687 Valsøyfjord, Norway

*E-mail: hege.hellberg@vetinst.no

ABSTRACT: 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.

KEY WORDS: Herpesvirus · Subclinical infection · Scophthalmus maximus

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DAO 49:27-31 (2002) - doi:10.3354/dao049027

Subclinical herpesvirus infection in farmed turbot Scophthalmus maximus

H. Hellberg1,*, E. O. Koppang 2, B. Tørud3, I. Bjerkås 2

H. Hellberg^1,*, E. O. Koppang ², B. Tørud³, I. Bjerkås ²