Article
Virology
Benjamin J. Perry, Mitra Mohamadi Darestani, Motia Gulshan Ara, Amelie Hoste, Jennifer M. Jandt, Ludovic Dutoit, Edward C. Holmes, Travis Ingram, Jemma L. Geoghegan
Summary: Viruses that infect fish are not well studied. This study surveyed the viral infections in two native freshwater fish species in New Zealand. The results found higher viral diversity in fish from lacustrine habitats and identified new virus species, which provides valuable information for future research.
Article
Fisheries
A. K. Bera, B. K. Das, D. Mohanty, N. Chakraborty, S. Dey, R. C. Malick, R. K. Manna, P. Majhi, Lianthuamluaia, T. Tayung, H. S. Swain, A. K. Sahoo, H. Chowdhury, U. K. Sarkar
Summary: This study investigated a mass mortality of fishes in a small tropical reservoir in Odisha, India, potentially caused by environmental factors and diseases. In experimental challenges, isolated bacteria showed pathogenicity in respective hosts, similar to the situation in the reservoir.
Article
Fisheries
Liming Xu, Jingzhuang Zhao, Miao Liu, Guangming Ren, Shi Cheng Han, Yizhi Shao, Yongsheng Cao, Hongbai Liu, Tongyan Lu
Summary: IHNV enhances the multiplication of IPNV during co-infection, with the enhancement becoming stronger with increasing infection time interval, regardless of the infection order.
Article
Fisheries
Sitokozile Sibanda, Davies M. M. Pfukenyi, Bernard Hang'ombe, Gift Matope
Summary: A three-year study investigated the epidemiology of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in fish from the Kavango-Zambezi and Great Limpopo transfrontier conservation areas of Zimbabwe. The study found a high prevalence of EUS-positive fish in wild fisheries compared to aquacultures. The African sharptooth catfish may be a potential indicator species for EUS surveillance programs.
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Siti Zafirah Ghazali, Sebastien Lavoue, Tedjo Sukmono, Ahasan Habib, Min Pau Tan, Siti Azizah Mohd Nor
Summary: We analyzed the phylogeny and biogeography of the Ambassidae family, a fish group that is found in freshwater, brackish, and marine coastal habitats across the Indo-West Pacific region. Our results show that the two largest genera within Ambassidae, Ambassis and Parambassis, are not monophyletic. The common ancestor of Ambassidae was a freshwater species that lived in Australia about 56 million years ago. We propose that two long-distance marine dispersal events from Australia explain the distribution of ambassids, with one towards Southeast Asia in the early Cenozoic and another towards Africa in the mid-Cenozoic. The phylogenetic signal associated with the salinity adaptation of these events was not detected, possibly due to the selective extinction of intermediate marine lineages.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Franziska Geiselhardt, Martin Peters, Sven Kleinschmidt, Elisa Chludzinski, Melanie Stoff, Martin Ludlow, Andreas Beineke
Summary: An epidemic of canine distemper virus (CDV) with neurotropism has occurred in Europe, particularly affecting red foxes. Tissue samples from CDV-infected red foxes in Northwestern Germany were studied to understand the neurotropic aspects of the disease. The analysis revealed inflammation and disruption in the gray matter of the brain and cerebellum, as well as axonal damage. The virus strains belonged to three different sub-lineages. These findings provide insights into the pathology and genetic characteristics of CDV in red foxes.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juan Manuel Rios, Giancarlo Tesitore, Franco Teixeira de Mello
Summary: This study investigates why wild freshwater fish ingest plastic. The experimental results show that fish are most interested in yellow and blue plastic fragments, while they avoid white fragments. Species-specific visual skills may explain why certain colors of plastic particles are attractive or deterrent to fish.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Virology
Vincenzo A. Costa, Jonathon C. O. Mifsud, Dean Gilligan, Jane E. Williamson, Edward C. Holmes, Jemma L. Geoghegan
Summary: This study investigated the viromes of freshwater fish in the Murray-Darling Basin to better understand the presence of viruses, particularly CyHV-3. While various vertebrate-associated and non-vertebrate-associated viruses were identified, CyHV-3 and related viruses were not detected. The study also revealed minimal virus transmission between invasive common carp and native fish species, indicating a lack of shared viruses despite co-existing for over fifty years.
Article
Virology
Vincenzo A. Costa, Jonathon C. O. Mifsud, Dean Gilligan, Jane E. Williamson, Edward C. Holmes, Jemma L. Geoghegan
Summary: Biological invasions pose significant threats to freshwater biodiversity, especially in the Murray-Darling Basin impacted by the introduction of common carp. Despite co-existing for over fifty years, there is limited virus transmission from common carp to native fish species, indicating a diverse array of viruses with deep evolutionary histories in fish.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ruoyun Zeng, Weiqiang Pan, Yifan Lin, Jian He, Zhiyong Luo, Zhimin Li, Shaoping Weng, Jianguo He, Changjun Guo
Summary: The study developed a gene-deleted live attenuated candidate vaccine against ISKNV, which showed low pathogenicity and high protection in experimental studies, indicating potential benefits for controlling fish diseases.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Doan Thi Nhinh, Dung Viet Le, Kim Van Van, Nguyen Thi Huong Giang, Lua Thi Dang, Truong Dinh Hoai
Summary: This study evaluated the infection prevalence, virulence gene distribution, and antimicrobial resistance of Aeromonas hydrophila in diseased outbreaks of cultured freshwater fish in Northern Vietnam. The results showed that the majority of A. hydrophila isolates carried at least one virulence gene and exhibited varying degrees of resistance to multiple antibiotics.
Article
Fisheries
Hyun Jung Gye, Han Sol Lee, Toyohiko Nishizawa
Summary: Experimental observations suggest that sevenband grouper used in the study may have experienced mild NNV infections in the past and naturally convalesced in an aquaculture farm setting without causing mass mortality.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Jose Gustavo Ramirez-Paredes, Richard K. Paley, William Hunt, Stephen W. Feist, David M. Stone, Terence R. Field, David J. Haydon, Peter A. Ziddah, Mary Nkansa, James Guilder, Joshua Gray, Samuel Duodu, Emanuel K. Pecku, Joseph A. Awuni, Timothy S. Wallis, David W. Verner-Jeffreys
Summary: The study identified ISKNV as the primary cause of fish mortality in tilapia aquaculture farms around Lake Volta in Ghana, with the disease being endemic by July 2019. Additionally, the absence of TiLV and nodavirus in the samples suggests a different disease mechanism.
TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Virology
Yizhi Shao, Jingzhuang Zhao, Guangming Ren, Tongyan Lu, Xiaoyu Chen, Liming Xu
Summary: This study found that infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) can inhibit the replication of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) before or simultaneously with IHNV infection, and induce a stronger antiviral response. This inhibition is most sensitive in the liver, and early injection of IPNV can significantly reduce the mortality of fish.
Article
Fisheries
Yajiao Duan, Louise von Gersdorff Jorgensen, Per Walter Kania, Asma M. Karami, Azmi Al-Jubury, Kurt Buchmann
Summary: Eye flukes are common in freshwater lakes, with high infection pressures potentially causing mortalities in fish populations. Dominant genera include Tylodelphys and Diplostomum, with exposure to high numbers of cercariae leading to lethal effects on fish hosts. Sublethal doses result in significant regulation of immune genes in fish, with some cytokine genes showing upregulation at early infection stages.
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Ecology
A. Pavlova, H. M. Gan, Y. P. Lee, C. M. Austin, D. M. Gilligan, M. Lintermans, P. Sunnucks
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Catherine R. M. Attard, Chris J. Brauer, Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo, Leanne K. Faulks, Peter J. Unmack, Dean M. Gilligan, Luciano B. Beheregaray
Article
Fisheries
Natalie K. Stilwell, Richard J. Whittington, Paul M. Hick, Joy A. Becker, Ellen Ariel, Steven van Beurden, Niccolo Vendramin, Niels J. Olesen, Thomas B. Waltzek
DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
(2018)
Article
Parasitology
A. Trujillo-Gonzalez, J. A. Becker, D. B. Vaughan, K. S. Hutson
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Fisheries
Jerom R. Stocks, Karen F. Scott, Dean M. Gilligan
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY
(2019)
Correction
Parasitology
A. Trujillo-Gonzalez, J. A. Becker, D. B. Vaughan, K. S. Hutson
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Fisheries
Cahya Fusianto, Paul M. Hick, Joy A. Becker
Article
Virology
Joy A. Becker, Dean Gilligan, Martin Asmus, Alison Tweedie, Richard J. Whittington
Editorial Material
Microbiology
Maxime Boutier, Owen Donohoe, R. Keller Kopf, Paul Humphries, Joy A. Becker, Jonathan Marshall, Alain Vanderplasschen
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Sophia J. Johnson, Paul M. Hick, Andrew P. Robinson, Anneke E. Rimmer, Alison Tweedie, Joy A. Becker
TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
A. Trujillo-Gonzalez, J. A. Becker, R. Huerlimann, R. J. Saunders, K. S. Hutson
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2020)
Article
Microbiology
Bakhtiar Sah Putra, Paul M. Hick, Evelyn Hall, Richard J. Whittington, Razi Khairul, Evarianti, Nurbariah, Joy A. Becker
Article
Fisheries
Jerom R. Stocks, Michael P. Rodgers, Joe B. Pera, Dean M. Gilligan
KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. Trujillo-Gonzalez, R. C. Edmunds, J. A. Becker, K. S. Hutson
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)