Pathogenicity of two lineages of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) to farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in South Korea

Hyoung Jun Kim, Niels Jørgen Olesen, Ole Bendik Dale, Young Chul Kim, Tae Sung Jung, Niccolò Vendramin, Se Ryun Kwon

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Abstract

In May 2015, a high mortality event in farmed rainbow trout occurred in Jeollabuk-do province in Korea. Histopathological analysis revealed necrosis in the kidney, liver, branchial arch, and gills of moribund fish, and infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) was detected in the lesions by immunohistochemistry. Cytopathic effects were observed in EPC, FHM, and RTG-2 cell lines after inoculation with kidney and spleen tissues and IHNV was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The amplified PCR product was sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis placed IHNV in the JRt Nagano group. Both in vivo and in vitro trials were performed to compare the virulence properties between RtWanju15 isolate, which causes 100% mortality in imported fry, and a previous isolate RtWanju09 of the JRt Shizuoka group isolated from eggs of healthy broodfish. In vivo challenge with high dose on specific pathogen free (SPF) rainbow trout fry performed in Denmark with isolates RtWanju09, RtWanju15 and DF04/99 isolates showed a survival rates of 60%, 37.5% and 52.5% (average), respectively without statistical difference. The replication efficiency of the two isolates in the in vitro challenge was similar.
Original languageEnglish
Article number199133
JournalVirus Research
Volume332
Number of pages9
ISSN0168-1702
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Infectious hematopoietic virus (HNV)
  • Mass mortality
  • Rainbow trout
  • Phylogenetic analysis
  • Immune-histopathological observation
  • Challenge test

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