A Review on RNA Viral Diseases of Fish

By : Dhayanath. M , Abisha Juliet Mary.S.J

Page No: 135-145

Abstract
Due to the rising global demand in the recent years, aquaculture is continuously growing to an extent of impressive rate to satisfy the raising demands. It is stated that the aquaculture production will reach a value of 186 million tons in 2030 which is of 167.2 million tons in 2014 (FAO, 2016). This increasing production forced the aquaculture farmers to grow the fishes in a high intensity culture which potentially leads to disease outbreaks. The isolation of viruses from the diseased fishes has attained a unstoppable events in the past few years. Some of the OIE listed groups of viruses associated with the fish diseases belongs to RNA viruses notably Viral Haemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSV), Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV), Spring Viremia of Carp (SVCV), Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy (VER) which causes a serious economic losses in the aquaculture farms. This review summarizes the important RNA viruses which is causing serious impacts on the aquaculture farms

Authors :
Dhayanath. M and Abisha Juliet Mary.S.J
Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Panch Marg, Yari road, Andheri west, Versova, Mumbai- 400061.
 

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/JAT.2019.34.3-4.1