Virus infections of the European Eel in North Rhine Westphalian rivers
| Autor: | Sebastian Emde, Lisa Horn, Linna Danne, Anita Feldhaus, Mikolaj Adamek, Heike Schütze, John Hellmann, Daniel Fey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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endocrine system
education.field_of_study animal structures Picornavirus viruses Veterinary (miscellaneous) Population Zoology Aquatic Science Biology biology.organism_classification Anguilla Anguillid herpesvirus Westphalian sovereignty Virus Virus detection Fish Diseases Rivers Virus Diseases Animals Rhabdoviridae education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of fish diseasesREFERENCES. 45(1) |
| ISSN: | 1365-2761 |
| Popis: | Viral infections have been suggested to play a role in the decline of the panmictic population of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). However, despite the importance of knowledge about pathogenic eel viruses, little is known about their spread in the wild European eel population and only a few eel pathogenic viruses have been described so far. In this study, we aimed to investigate the health status of the A. anguilla stock in North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) State of Germany. For this purpose, we examined tissue samples of 16 elvers, 100 yellow eels and 6 silver eels, sampled from the rivers Rhine, Lippe and Ems. Virus detection was performed via a combination of cell culture and PCR. Next to the detection of frequently encountered pathogenic eel viruses (anguillid herpesvirus 1 and eel virus European X (EVEX)), we isolated the eel picornavirus 1 (EPV-1) from tissue of yellow eels and elvers and demonstrate the distribution of EPV-1 in wild eel population in NRW. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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