A RECORD AND PREVALENCE OF MONODON BACULOVIRUS FROM POSTLARVAL PENAEUS-MONODON IN MADRAS, INDIA

Authors
RAMASAMY P BRENNAN GP JAYAKUMAR R
Citation
P. Ramasamy et al., A RECORD AND PREVALENCE OF MONODON BACULOVIRUS FROM POSTLARVAL PENAEUS-MONODON IN MADRAS, INDIA, Aquaculture, 130(2-3), 1995, pp. 129-135
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Aquaculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00448486
Volume
130
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
129 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-8486(1995)130:2-3<129:ARAPOM>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Monodon baculovirus (MBV) exists in populations of the Indian tiger pr awn, Penaeus monodon, obtained from a commercial hatchery in Madras, I ndia. MBV virions are rod-shaped, non-occluded or occluded and envelop ed within a paracrystalline occlusion body. The enveloped virions meas ure 83 nm by 299 +/- 0.02 nm. The prevalence of MBV was 81% in the pos tlarval P. monodon and peaking at 92% with a carapace length of 6 mm. The mortality rate in infected populations of P. monodon was 90%.