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Viral diseases of penaeid shrimp with particular reference to four viruses recently found in shrimp from Queensland

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The culture of penaeid shrimp world-wide is primarily dependent on wild-caught broodstock which has an enormous potential to introduce new pathogens, particularly viruses, into culture systems. Of the 13 viruses described for cultured penaeid shrimp, seven have been described within the past 5 years; the most devastating viral epidemics on record for cultured penaeid shrimp have also occurred within the past 5years. During examination of local wild and cultured shrimp, four new viruses were found. Bennettae baculovirus was discovered in the digestive gland of wild Metapenaeus bennettae. It closely resembles monodon baculovirus (MBV) but has a more slender virion, does not cross-react with a DNA probe for MBV and is not infectious to Penaeus monodon. Two morphologically indistinguishable viruses, one pathogenic (gill-associated virus, GAV) and the other benign (lymphoid organ virus, LOV), were found in cultured P. monodon. LOV and GAV closely resemble yellow head virus (YHV) of Thailand. A parvo-like virus was found recently in dying post-larvae of P. japonicus. As the intensity of shrimp culture world-wide increases, researchers can expect to discover more penaeid viruses. The need to close the life cycle of P. monodon and other cultured species and develop rapid diagnostic methods for viral infections has become imperative.

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Spann, K., Lester, R. Viral diseases of penaeid shrimp with particular reference to four viruses recently found in shrimp from Queensland. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 13, 419–426 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018576200670

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