Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish

Malaysia is the 8th largest world producer of freshwater ornamental fish. Ornamental fish are commonly associated with Megalocytiviruses infection, which has led to severe diseases and economic loss. The purpose of this study was to detect the presence or absence of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Ne...

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Main Authors: Sandra Catherine Zainathan, Dineswary Balaraman, Logajothiswaran Ambalavanan, Ponnarasi Krishna Moorthy, Surrin Kumar Palakrishnan, Nurshuhada Ariff
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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author Sandra Catherine Zainathan,
Dineswary Balaraman,
Logajothiswaran Ambalavanan,
Ponnarasi Krishna Moorthy,
Surrin Kumar Palakrishnan,
Nurshuhada Ariff,
author_facet Sandra Catherine Zainathan,
Dineswary Balaraman,
Logajothiswaran Ambalavanan,
Ponnarasi Krishna Moorthy,
Surrin Kumar Palakrishnan,
Nurshuhada Ariff,
author_sort Sandra Catherine Zainathan,
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description Malaysia is the 8th largest world producer of freshwater ornamental fish. Ornamental fish are commonly associated with Megalocytiviruses infection, which has led to severe diseases and economic loss. The purpose of this study was to detect the presence or absence of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus (ISKNV) in four ornamental fish species namely Xiphophorus maculatus, Poecilia reticulata, Trichogaster leeri and Apistogramma ramirezi from Malaysia. A total of 175 samples were analysed using PCR analysis for detection of ISKNV. The PCR analysis demonstrated 22 positive pooled samples (n = 110) for the presence of ISKNV. No clinical signs were observed in positive samples except darkened body in X. maculatus. Sequencing analysis of Megalocytivirus major capsid protein (MCP) revealed that the ISKNV strains in this study demonstrated high nucleotide identity to each other and reference ISKNV (96% to 100%). Based on the phylogenetic tree, the ISKNV strains were closely related to reference ISKNV and can be classified into Megalocytivirus genotype I.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:127882019-04-16T09:00:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12788/ Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish Sandra Catherine Zainathan, Dineswary Balaraman, Logajothiswaran Ambalavanan, Ponnarasi Krishna Moorthy, Surrin Kumar Palakrishnan, Nurshuhada Ariff, Malaysia is the 8th largest world producer of freshwater ornamental fish. Ornamental fish are commonly associated with Megalocytiviruses infection, which has led to severe diseases and economic loss. The purpose of this study was to detect the presence or absence of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus (ISKNV) in four ornamental fish species namely Xiphophorus maculatus, Poecilia reticulata, Trichogaster leeri and Apistogramma ramirezi from Malaysia. A total of 175 samples were analysed using PCR analysis for detection of ISKNV. The PCR analysis demonstrated 22 positive pooled samples (n = 110) for the presence of ISKNV. No clinical signs were observed in positive samples except darkened body in X. maculatus. Sequencing analysis of Megalocytivirus major capsid protein (MCP) revealed that the ISKNV strains in this study demonstrated high nucleotide identity to each other and reference ISKNV (96% to 100%). Based on the phylogenetic tree, the ISKNV strains were closely related to reference ISKNV and can be classified into Megalocytivirus genotype I. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12788/1/48_01_19.pdf Sandra Catherine Zainathan, and Dineswary Balaraman, and Logajothiswaran Ambalavanan, and Ponnarasi Krishna Moorthy, and Surrin Kumar Palakrishnan, and Nurshuhada Ariff, (2019) Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish. Malaysian Applied Biology, 48 (1). pp. 131-138. ISSN 0126-8643 http://mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=897&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
spellingShingle Sandra Catherine Zainathan,
Dineswary Balaraman,
Logajothiswaran Ambalavanan,
Ponnarasi Krishna Moorthy,
Surrin Kumar Palakrishnan,
Nurshuhada Ariff,
Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish
title Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish
title_full Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish
title_fullStr Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish
title_full_unstemmed Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish
title_short Molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of Malaysian farmed ornamental fish
title_sort molecular screening of infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus in four species of malaysian farmed ornamental fish
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12788/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12788/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12788/1/48_01_19.pdf