NON-OCCLUDED BACULO-LIKE VIRUS, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF YELLOW HEAD DISEASE IN THE BLACK TIGER SHRIMP (PENAEUS-MONODON)

Authors
BOONYARATPALIN S SUPAMATTAYA K KASORNCHANDRA J DIREKBUSARACOM S AEKPANITHANPONG U CHANTANACHOOKLIN C
Citation
S. Boonyaratpalin et al., NON-OCCLUDED BACULO-LIKE VIRUS, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF YELLOW HEAD DISEASE IN THE BLACK TIGER SHRIMP (PENAEUS-MONODON), Gyobyo kenkyu, 28(3), 1993, pp. 103-109
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries
Journal title
Gyobyo kenkyu → ACNP
ISSN journal
0388788X
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
103 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0388-788X(1993)28:3<103:NBVTCA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A new non-occluded baculo-like virus was detected from black tiger shr imp (Penaeus monodon) with yellow head disease in the southern part of Thailand. Virus particles observed in necrotic tissues of gills and l ymphoid organ were bacilliform in shape, ranging from 150-200nm in len gth and 40-50nm in diameter, and were enveloped singly by a trilaminar unit membrane. From the experimental infection trials, it was assumed that this virus was the most virulent among the viruses which have be en known in the black tiger shrimp, to date. Pathogenicity and some ch aracters of the virus as well as pathological changes caused by this v irus were described.